On Tuesday 02 October 2001 10:36 am, you wrote: > I wouldn't of thought so Mike - what would bash do with a > line like > > setenv SOURCE /usr/local/src > > when it was expecting something like > > SOURCE=/usr/local/src ; export SOURCE > > I suspect you'd break your shell and then have to repair > it pretty quickly! > > Reminds me of the time one of my sysprogs changed the > logon procedure on an MVS mainframe, right before it was > rebooted (IPL'd). Of course, he'd made a typo, and hadn't > tested it. Machine came back up and no-one could log in > because the login proc now didn't work! > > He had to make a very embarrassed phonecall to IBM to get > an engineer out and fix the typo! > > (I found it hilarious, but it was just as well it was on > a Friday night with no online day on the Saturday, so we > had plenty of time to effect a repair). steve- tx for the clear but humorous way of setting my newbie-mind straight...i should have just kept lurking on this one! I still think he should switch to the bash shell... -- ^-m-^
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