Hello All, I have found a strange behavior while using aliases in the shell. I'm wondering if someone can provide an explanation for the error below.
$ cat alias.sh alias ls='ls' alias ls=`ls` echo "final command" $ sh alias.sh alias.sh: internal error: unable to allocate memory $ echo $? 0 $ bash alias.sh final command $ csh alias.sh final command $ Kind Regards, James ======================================================================== OpenBSD 5.6-current (GENERIC.MP) #717: Sat Dec 20 21:13:22 MST 2014 dera...@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP real mem = 3471376384 (3310MB) avail mem = 3375161344 (3218MB) mpath0 at root scsibus0 at mpath0: 256 targets mainbus0 at root bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.5 @ 0xf0000 (50 entries) bios0: vendor Dell Inc. version "1.0.3" date 07/12/2007 bios0: Dell Inc. Inspiron 530 acpi0 at bios0: rev 2 acpi0: sleep states S0 S3 S4 S5 acpi0: tables DSDT FACP HPET MCFG SLIC DMY2 APIC SSDT acpi0: wakeup devices PEX0(S5) PEX1(S5) PEX2(S5) PEX3(S5) PEX4(S5) PEX5(S5) HUB0(S5) IGBE(S5) USB0(S3) USB1(S3) USB2(S3) USB3(S3) USB4(S3) USB5(S3) EHC1(S3) EHC2(S3) [...] acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318179 Hz acpimcfg0 at acpi0 addr 0xe0000000, bus 0-255 acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor) cpu0: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6550 @ 2.33GHz, 8146.67 MHz cpu0: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,NXE,LONG,LAHF,PERF cpu0: 4MB 64b/line 16-way L2 cache cpu0: smt 0, core 0, package 0 mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support, 8 var ranges, 88 fixed ranges cpu0: apic clock running at 332MHz cpu0: mwait min=64, max=64, C-substates=0.2.2.0.0, IBE cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 1 (application processor) cpu1: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6550 @ 2.33GHz, 2327.50 MHz cpu1: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,NXE,LONG,LAHF,PERF cpu1: 4MB 64b/line 16-way L2 cache cpu1: smt 0, core 1, package 0 ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 4 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins ioapic0: misconfigured as apic 0, remapped to apid 4 acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0) acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEX0) acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEX1) acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEX2) acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEX3) acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEX4) acpiprt6 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEX5) acpiprt7 at acpi0: bus 2 (HUB0) acpicpu0 at acpi0: PSS acpicpu1 at acpi0: PSS acpitz0 at acpi0: critical temperature is 120 degC acpibtn0 at acpi0: PWRB cpu0: Enhanced SpeedStep 8146 MHz: speeds: 2331, 1998 MHz pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0 pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82G33 Host" rev 0x02 ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82G33 PCIE" rev 0x02: msi pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT" rev 0xa1 wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) em0 at pci0 dev 25 function 0 "Intel ICH9 IFE" rev 0x02: msi, address 00:1a:a0:9c:62:da uhci0 at pci0 dev 26 function 0 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 16 uhci1 at pci0 dev 26 function 1 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 21 uhci2 at pci0 dev 26 function 2 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 19 ehci0 at pci0 dev 26 function 7 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 18 usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0 uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 azalia0 at pci0 dev 27 function 0 "Intel 82801I HD Audio" rev 0x02: msi azalia0: codecs: Realtek ALC888 audio0 at azalia0 uhci3 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 23 uhci4 at pci0 dev 29 function 1 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 19 uhci5 at pci0 dev 29 function 2 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 18 ehci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 7 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 23 usb1 at ehci1: USB revision 2.0 uhub1 at usb1 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 ppb1 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BA Hub-to-PCI" rev 0x92 pci2 at ppb1 bus 2 vendor "Conexant", unknown product 0x2f20 (class communications subclass miscellaneous, rev 0x00) at pci2 dev 0 function 0 not configured pcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 82801IR LPC" rev 0x02 pciide0 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 82801I SATA" rev 0x02: DMA, channel 0 configured to native-PCI, channel 1 configured to native-PCI pciide0: using apic 4 int 19 for native-PCI interrupt wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <Hitachi HDP725050GLA360> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 476940MB, 976773168 sectors wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 6 atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0 scsibus1 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets cd0 at scsibus1 targ 0 lun 0: <HL-DT-ST, DVD+-RW GSA-H73N, B103> ATAPI 5/cdrom removable cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 82801I SMBus" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 18 iic0 at ichiic0 spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 1GB DDR2 SDRAM non-parity PC2-6400CL5 spdmem1 at iic0 addr 0x51: 1GB DDR2 SDRAM non-parity PC2-6400CL5 spdmem2 at iic0 addr 0x52: 1GB DDR2 SDRAM non-parity PC2-6400CL5 spdmem3 at iic0 addr 0x53: 1GB DDR2 SDRAM non-parity PC2-6400CL5 pciide1 at pci0 dev 31 function 5 "Intel 82801I SATA" rev 0x02: DMA, channel 0 wired to native-PCI, channel 1 wired to native-PCI pciide1: using apic 4 int 19 for native-PCI interrupt usb2 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub2 at usb2 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb3 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0 uhub3 at usb3 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb4 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0 uhub4 at usb4 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb5 at uhci3: USB revision 1.0 uhub5 at usb5 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb6 at uhci4: USB revision 1.0 uhub6 at usb6 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb7 at uhci5: USB revision 1.0 uhub7 at usb7 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 isa0 at pcib0 isadma0 at isa0 fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2 pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 spkr0 at pcppi0 it0 at isa0 port 0x2e/2: IT8718F rev 3, EC port 0x290 umass0 at uhub1 port 5 configuration 1 interface 0 "TEAC CA-200" rev 2.00/4.08 addr 2 umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only scsibus2 at umass0: 2 targets, initiator 0 sd0 at scsibus2 targ 1 lun 0: <TEAC, USB HS-CF Card, 4.08> SCSI0 0/direct removable sd1 at scsibus2 targ 1 lun 1: <TEAC, USB HS-xD/SM, 4.08> SCSI0 0/direct removable sd2 at scsibus2 targ 1 lun 2: <TEAC, USB HS-MS Card, 4.08> SCSI0 0/direct removable sd3 at scsibus2 targ 1 lun 3: <TEAC, USB HS-SD Card, 4.08> SCSI0 0/direct removable uhidev0 at uhub3 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "Logitech USB Receiver" rev 1.10/19.04 addr 2 uhidev0: iclass 3/1 ukbd0 at uhidev0: 8 variable keys, 6 key codes wskbd1 at ukbd0 mux 1 wskbd1: connecting to wsdisplay0 uhidev1 at uhub3 port 1 configuration 1 interface 1 "Logitech USB Receiver" rev 1.10/19.04 addr 2 uhidev1: iclass 3/1, 4 report ids ums0 at uhidev1 reportid 1: 16 buttons, Z dir wsmouse0 at ums0 mux 0 uhid0 at uhidev1 reportid 2: input=2, output=0, feature=0 uhid1 at uhidev1 reportid 3: input=1, output=0, feature=0 uhid2 at uhidev1 reportid 4: input=3, output=0, feature=0 vscsi0 at root scsibus3 at vscsi0: 256 targets softraid0 at root scsibus4 at softraid0: 256 targets sd4 at scsibus4 targ 1 lun 0: <OPENBSD, SR CRYPTO, 005> SCSI2 0/direct fixed sd4: 475909MB, 512 bytes/sector, 974663022 sectors root on sd4a (3d8107d673af7935.a) swap on sd4b dump on sd4b