[17022] in Athena Bugs
8.3.14: bash dotfiles
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Camilla R Fox)
Thu Aug 5 23:12:36 1999
Message-Id: <199908060312.XAA15483@x15-cruise-basselope.mit.edu>
To: bugs@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 23:12:27 -0400
From: Camilla R Fox <cfox@MIT.EDU>
System name: x15-cruise-basselope.mit.edu
Type and version: Ultra-5_10 8.3.14 (with mkserv)
Display type: afb
Shell: /bin/athena/tcsh
Window manager: vtwm.gamma
What were you trying to do?
Write a functional .bash_environment. (again, I'm testing using the
bashuser account, which I have given a minimal .xsession - see
previous bug report)
What's wrong:
add fails when used in the .bash_environment
/usr/athena/lib/init/bashrc contains:
# Special version of ADD for the .bash_environment file.
add () {
eval "$( /bin/athena/attach -b -Padd -P"$athena_path" "$@" )"
}
I get errors in the console if I login with a .bash_environment that
adds anything. In particular, note the following (run as bashuser),
in bash.
athena$ add () {
> eval "$( /bin/athena/attach -b -Padd -P"$athena_path" "$@" )"
> }
athena$ add sipb
Usage: attach [options] filesystem ... [options] filesystem ...
attach -l filesystem
attach -H host
attach
What should have happened:
add should not have been redefined to something that fails.
