On 10/07/2017 02:53 PM, Martijn Dekker wrote:
> The bash manual and info pages state:
>
> | If the search is unsuccessful, the shell searches for a
> | defined shell function named 'command_not_found_handle'. If that
> | function exists, it is invoked with the original command and the
> | origina
On 10/8/17 4:54 AM, Dan Douglas wrote:
> On 10/07/2017 02:53 PM, Martijn Dekker wrote:
>> The bash manual and info pages state:
>>
>> | If the search is unsuccessful, the shell searches for a
>> | defined shell function named 'command_not_found_handle'. If that
>> | function exists, it is invoked
On 10/08/2017 09:47 AM, Chet Ramey wrote:
> It was originally intended to take the place of the error message that
> bash prints when it can't find a program to execute. That message was
> printed by the subshell forked to execute the command, so the message could
> be redirected (nearly ll shells
On 10/08/2017 10:41 AM, Dan Douglas wrote:
> On 10/08/2017 09:47 AM, Chet Ramey wrote:
>> It was originally intended to take the place of the error message that
>> bash prints when it can't find a program to execute. That message was
>> printed by the subshell forked to execute the command, so the
On Sun, Oct 08, 2017 at 11:16:33AM -0500, Dan Douglas wrote:
[...]
> Thinking out loud some more... it does make sense that a user in an
> interactive session expects commands to not alter their shell environment,
> and a badly written command_not_found_handle could do that, possibly
> without the
Hello Bob
Thank you for your reply
On 15/09/17 02:57, Bob Proulx wrote:
Jonny Grant wrote:
Please keep my email address in any replies
Bob Proulx wrote:
Jonny Grant wrote:
Yes, it's a known limitation of POSIX that it uses a shared error code for
both files and directors, ENOENT. Which witho
On 10/09/2017 05:30 AM, Jonny Grant wrote:
Fair enough. I agree it has been around for longer, but meant that POSIX
standardized on that limitation, and didn't offer a better solution that
clarified, eg ENOENTF ENOENTD
I'm guessing not making the distinction saved a bit of CPU.
yes, a clearer
