* On 24 May 2015, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > 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 "*".
Both use a shell (but not using system()). -- David Champion • d...@bikeshed.us
