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Re: File locking within zsh?

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From: Tim Writer <tim@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: File locking within zsh?
Date: 12 May 2006 00:22:59 -0400
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Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx> writes:

> "Tim Writer" <tim@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Okay. But I don't understand this:
> > 
> >     tim@ganesh% echo $ZSH_VERSION
> >     4.2.5
> >     tim@ganesh% echo $$; ( echo $$ )
> >     18095
> >     18095
> >     tim@ganesh%
> 
> That's standard shell behaviour:  $$ is supposed to be unique to the parent
> shell, not to every subshell instance.

Thanks for the clarification. I think I knew that at one time, it's amazing
the things I forget. :-)

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tim writer <tim@xxxxxxxxxxx>                                  starnix inc.
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- Re: File locking within zsh?
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- Re: File locking within zsh?
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