Re: tcsh being dodgy, or pipe code ishoos?

From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2_at_mindspring.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 03:04:59 -0700
John-Mark Gurney wrote:
> So, now the question is, do we fix xargs to deal with unexpected
> children?  Or fix the shells in question?  (tcsh and zsh seem to suffer
> this problem)
> 
> To me, fixing xargs is correct since it prevents another possible
> future abusers of this "feature".

Fixing the shells is correct, since it means they don't break
on the next program like xargs (e.g. have you tried "team", etc.
to see if they break too?  Even if "team" specifically doesn't,
there's no guarantee something else won't...).

-- Terry
Received on Wed Jun 25 2003 - 01:06:38 UTC

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