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(VS2) Version 6.0C: "source" in csh doesn't distinguish executables

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jik@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Thu Sep 22 12:57:24 1988

From: <jik@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 88 12:55:08 EDT
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
System type, version:	(VS2) Version 6.0C
System name:		binkley
What's wrong:

If you try to run a VAX executable on an RT from the command line, you
get a sensible error:
  foo: not an RT executable
However, if you place the command "foo" on a line in a file and then
source that file, you get:
  foo: foo: cannot open

What to do to duplicate the problem:

Attach 18.03 on an RT, then type "source /mit/18.03/.attachrc" to see
the error.  Type "/mit/18.03/1803/1803" to see what should happen.

What should have happened:

When you source a file, it should report an error due to a bad
executable properly.

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