On Mon, 24 Nov 1997, Witold Grabysz wrote: : the following phrase doesn't work in bash: : ((ls);(ls)) : Why? Is it not allowed by the shell syntax or there is a bug in it? : : It is a little important for me, because it is how the Netscape 4 spawns : an external helper: : ((gv temp_file.ps);(rm temp_file.ps)) : : In tcsh it works, however I cannot force Netscape to spawn processes in : tcsh.
bash-2.00 introduced this 'feature' of not-working indeed. Upgrade to 2.01 and everything will be fine again. bye, Remco -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
