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Re: beta21; Bug in execcmd() and job text question

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From: Zefram <A.Main@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: schaefer@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: beta21; Bug in execcmd() and job text question
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 01:46:20 +0100 (BST)
Cc: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <960626173717.ZM3859@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> from "Bart Schaefer" at Jun 26, 96 05:37:14 pm

>}  % eval $foo& jobs
>}  [1] 884
>}  [1]  + running    eval sleep 10
>
>In fact, I'd prefer it if the "eval" got stripped off so all that zsh
>prints is `sleep 10'.  After all, "eval" is not a job; the thing that
>was being eval'd is the job.

No, the eval is backgrounded in this case.  If it were `foo="sleep
10&"; eval $foo` then the sleep would be the job.

-zefram

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- Re: beta21; Bug in execcmd() and job text question
  - From: Bart Schaefer

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