Are filter substitutions (example: source "list-my-mailboxes|") and backtick substitutions (example: source `echo foo.rc`) done through a shell (i.e. through system(3)) or directly (i.e. through fork(2) and exec(2))?
This would make a difference with shell metacharacters, such as if the "foo" above was "*". -- Please *no* private copies of mailing list or newsgroup messages. Rule 420: All persons more than eight miles high to leave the court.
