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vax 7.2C: /bin/csh
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Tue Dec 4 22:29:34 1990
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 90 22:29:06 -0500
From: John T Kohl <jtkohl@MIT.EDU>
To: testers@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
System name: lycus
Type and version: CVAXSTAR 7.2C
Display type: SM
What were you trying to do?
set home=`pwd`
What's wrong:
This worked in 7.1H; it fails now:
Script started on Tue Dec 4 22:25:36 1990
[{1}lycus:~]
% tail -1 /etc/version
Athena Server (VS3100) Version 7.2C Mon Dec 3 08:06:50 EST 1990
[{1}lycus:~]
% pwd
/afs/athena.mit.edu/user/j/jtkohl
[{1}lycus:~]
% echo `pwd`
/afs/athena.mit.edu/user/j/jtkohl
[{1}lycus:~]
% set home=`pwd`
set: $home must begin with '/'.
[{1}lycus:~]
% cat /mnt/.rvdinfo
Athena RVD (VAX) Version 7.1H Mon Oct 14 12:14:12 EDT 1990
[{1}lycus:~]
% /mnt/bin/csh -f
% echo `pwd`
/afs/athena.mit.edu/user/j/jtkohl
% set home=`pwd`
% [eof]
[{1}lycus:~]
% echo $SHELL
/bin/csh
[{1}lycus:~]
%
Script done on Tue Dec 4 22:26:44 1990
What should have happened:
the set should have worked. In particular, the paranoia should
evaluate the `pwd` first.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
csh(1)
