From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dns.primenet.com.au (dns.primenet.com.au [203.24.36.40]) by coral.primenet.com.au (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA00169 for ; Mon, 9 Sep 1996 22:46:42 +1000 (EST) Received: from euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (list@euclid.skiles.gatech.edu [130.207.146.50]) by dns.primenet.com.au (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA00519 for ; Mon, 9 Sep 1996 22:38:25 +1000 (EST) Received: (from list@localhost) by euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) id IAA11353; Mon, 9 Sep 1996 08:15:44 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 08:15:44 -0400 (EDT) Sender: hniksic@public.srce.hr To: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu (ZSH Workers Mailing List) Subject: Exec-ing aliases X-URL: ftp://gnjilux.cc.fer.hr/pub/unix/util/geturl/geturl.tar.gz From: Hrvoje Niksic Date: 09 Sep 1996 14:13:26 +0200 Message-ID: X-Mailer: Gnus v5.2.25/XEmacs 19.14 Resent-Message-ID: <"arDVb.0.Jn2.mf0Do"@euclid> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/2113 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu I have found a thing that works in zsh-2.6beta13, but does not work in 3.0.0 (doubtless due to exec changes): $ alias a='echo something' $ exec a In 2.6b13 it would echo something and exit. In 3.0.0 (and presumingly in later betas) it just says "a: command not found". -- hniksic@srce.hr | Student of electrical engineering hniksic@fly.cc.fer.hr | University of Zagreb, Croatia ------------------------------------------------------------------ * Q: What is an experienced Emacs user? * A: A person who wishes that the terminal had pedals.