On May 27, 2:50pm, Christophe Martin wrote: } Subject: Re: Bug#310872: zsh can't be a ksh replacement (can't trap ERR). } } Bart Schaefer a �crit : } > } > A possible workaround would be } > } > (( $signals[(I)ERR] )) || alias -g ERR=ZERR } } But, If i keep zsh as ksh } I have to rewrite every script to put this workaround in.
No, you just have to put the above in /etc/zshenv, which is read by all instances of zsh, whether script or interactive. } So, for this particular problem of trap ERR, there are only problems } in using zsh as a ksh That's not the only incompatibility, by a long shot. Don't try scripts using namerefs or discipline functions, for example. } (By the way, what are the platform with OS } SIGERR ? And do some ksh run on them ?) UNICOS, according to the Zsh FAQ. I have no idea whether ksh has been ported to that.

