Re: strange 'delayed' aliases

2009-12-30 Thread Jonathan Claggett
> > There is certainly unexpected behavior going on here. I'll take a closer > look, but fixes will have to wait until bash-4.2 (or a patch to bash-4.1 > if the problem is widespread). 4.2 would be fine but not before please! I'm still scheming how best put this feature to "good" use in my "frie

nonsensical error message when backgrounding invocation of wait builtin

2009-12-30 Thread Steve Newcomb
Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: Machine: x86_64 OS: linux-gnu Compiler: gcc Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64' -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='x86_64-pc-linux-gnu' -DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACK

Re: nonsensical error message when backgrounding invocation of wait builtin

2009-12-30 Thread Chet Ramey
On 12/30/09 9:29 PM, Steve Newcomb wrote: > Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: > Machine: x86_64 > OS: linux-gnu > Compiler: gcc > Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64' > -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='x86_64-pc-linux-gnu' > -DCO

Re: nonsensical error message when backgrounding invocation of wait builtin

2009-12-30 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Steve Newcomb on 12/30/2009 7:29 PM: > r...@zorba:/home/srn# /tmp/z.sh > here we are! > pidOfBackgroundProcess=20944 > /tmp/z.sh: line 10: wait: pid 20944 is not a child of this shell > > (But, of course, pid 20944 *was* in fact a child o