Maybe I don't have a deep understanding about the built-in commands from the beginning. Can I explain it this way? The built-in commands are usually more closely relataed to the OS, more underlying than seperate programms, like bindkey, cd, ulimit etc. So they have to be built-in, they have to be implemented within the shell.
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 4:51 PM, Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> wrote: > On 19Dec2011 12:47, Zind <wzmind...@gmail.com> wrote: > | I did consult the manual of zsh and bash. > | But I didn't realize that command 'type' is implemented within the shell. > | I thought maybe something is missing in the zsh manual of command 'type'. > > Think about what you expect "type" to do. Like "cd" etc, it _has_ to be > a builtin. > -- > Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> DoD#743 > http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ > > ... in '59 I ran out of brakes *four times* -- and I don't mean they didn't > work very well, I mean I had none. Like the main oil line had sheared. > You > know, so that oil, you know, when you put your foot on the floor, the oil > just went squirting out into the atmosphere. Things like that. You know, > I'd always believed that Colin was close to genius in his design ability > and everything -- if he could just get over this failing of his of making > things too bloody light. I mean, Colin's idea of a Grand Prix car was > it should win the race and, as it crossed the finishing line, it should > collapse in a heap of bits. If it didn't do that, it was built too > strongly. > - Innes Ireland > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org >
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