From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24970 invoked from network); 3 Feb 1997 22:42:34 -0000 Received: from euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by coral.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 3 Feb 1997 22:42:34 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA16260; Mon, 3 Feb 1997 17:35:58 -0500 (EST) Resent-Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 17:35:58 -0500 (EST) From: "Bart Schaefer" Message-Id: <970203144231.ZM12387@candle.brasslantern.com> Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 14:42:31 -0800 In-Reply-To: Zoltan Hidvegi "Re: Strange effect under 3.1.1" (Feb 3, 9:07pm) References: <199702032007.VAA09818@bolyai.cs.elte.hu> <27654.199702032120@stone.dcs.warwick.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: Zefram "Re: Strange effect under 3.1.1" (Feb 3, 9:20pm) Reply-To: schaefer@nbn.com X-Mailer: Z-Mail (4.0b.820 20aug96) To: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu, Zefram , Zoltan Hidvegi Subject: Re: Strange effect under 3.1.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Resent-Message-ID: <"MB61q.0._z3.EXczo"@euclid> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/2869 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu On Feb 3, 9:07pm, Zoltan Hidvegi wrote: } Subject: Re: Strange effect under 3.1.1 } } mode is determined after examining the first letter of the name used } to invoke zsh. If the first letter is s or b zsh enters sh emulation } mode. [....] If I wonder why something this significant is being determined on the basis of only the first letter of the name, will someone justify it? Seems to me it ought to be examining the whole word. BTW, what about 'r'? If invoked as 'rsh' does it behave like restricted sh, or like restricted zsh? (I haven't downloaded 3.1.1 yet.) -- Bart Schaefer Brass Lantern Enterprises http://www.well.com/user/barts http://www.nbn.com/people/lantern