[774] in Zephyr_Bugs
Re: bug in zctl or libss
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derrick J. Brashear)
Fri Apr 19 11:08:49 1996
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 11:08:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Derrick J. Brashear" <shadow@DEMENTIA.ORG>
Reply-To: "Derrick J. Brashear" <shadow@DEMENTIA.ORG>
To: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Cc: bug-zephyr@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <199604182155.RAA00856@toxicwaste.media.mit.edu>
> > 11:44am:shadow@johnstown:023:162> zctl sub message "foo bar" *
> > Usage: sub class instance [*]
>
> Umm.. the * is being used by the shell to mean "all files in this
> directory", so zctl is seeing 'sub message "foo bar" file1 [file2 ...]'
> which is, of course, wrong. Try this:
>
> 11:44am:shadow@johnstown:023:162> zctl sub message "foo bar" \*
I copied/pasted wrong:
4:36pm:shadow@johnstown:finger:497> zctl sub message "foo bar" \*
Usage: sub class instance [*]
My typing may suck, but there really is a bug:-)