[2922] in Athena Bugs
dotfiles: the 'remove' alias
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (brlewis@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Fri Aug 18 08:35:01 1989
From: <brlewis@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 89 08:34:42 -0400
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
This bug report is based on files in
/afs/testers.athena.mit.edu/vax_43/srvd/site/usr/athena/lib/init
Users who have a newline in their prompt will get the following error
if they try to use the 'remove' alias:
if: Expression syntax.
A version of the env_remove script that fixes this can be found in
/afs/athena.mit.edu/user/b/brlewis/init/env_remove
Also, in the unlikely event that $initdir/env_remove does not exist,
users will get the error message:
remove: Command not found.
This makes it harder to find the problem. If the alias were not
conditional [if (-r $initdir/env_remove)], users would get an error
message that describes exactly what's wrong, and the cshrc file would
be simpler.
These two bugs need immediate attention. I think other improvements
can be made to the setup/remove aliases, but I will describe those in
athena-ws.
Bruce
