From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (list@euclid.skiles.gatech.edu [130.207.146.50]) by coral.primenet.com.au (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA02656 for ; Fri, 16 Aug 1996 10:41:37 +1000 (EST) Received: (from list@localhost) by euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) id UAA08956; Thu, 15 Aug 1996 20:41:22 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 20:41:22 -0400 (EDT) From: "Bart Schaefer" Message-Id: <960815174212.ZM18402@candle.brasslantern.com> Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 17:42:11 -0700 In-Reply-To: Sam Falkner "test (builtin) dumps core" (Aug 15, 4:42pm) References: Reply-To: schaefer@nbn.com X-Mailer: Z-Mail (4.0b.729 29jul96) To: Sam Falkner , zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Subject: Re: test (builtin) dumps core MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Resent-Message-ID: <"7_SXS3.0.sB2.nEy4o"@euclid> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/2007 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu On Aug 15, 4:42pm, Sam Falkner wrote: } Subject: test (builtin) dumps core } } try this (don't ask me why! ;-): } } % test zsh -gt 0 } } this pauses a bit, and then dumps core. } [...] } if i put any other string there besides `zsh', i haven't been able to } reproduce. zsh is magic? who knows. The way the `test' builtin is written, this is (almost) the same as writing test $zsh -gt 0 -- Bart Schaefer Brass Lantern Enterprises http://www.well.com/user/barts http://www.nbn.com/people/lantern New male in /home/schaefer: >N 2 Justin William Schaefer Sat May 11 03:43 53/4040 "Happy Birthday"