Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 00:02:20 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>, Roelof Osinga <roelof@nisser.com>, Patrick Seal <patseal@hyperhost.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bash: space in cd arg bug? Message-ID: <199908302302.AAA09780@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 27 Aug 1999 15:32:44 %2B0930." <19990827153243.V483@freebie.lemis.com>
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> > You missed the
> >
> > zsh -> echo $FOO
> > /C:/Program Files
> > zsh -> mkdir $FOO
> >
> > Which makes two directories. Why should ``cd'' behave differently
> > from an external command - just because it's a builtin ?
>
> It shouldn't.
>
> > IMHO, zsh is wrong.
>
> Agreed. And bash does exactly the same thing in this case.
Someone said that ``cd $FOO'' was being interpreted as
``cd "Program Files"'' (two words) rather than as
``cd Program Files'' (three words). The correct interpretation
(which is the same as bash's interpretation) is as three words.
Of course the fact that bash ignores any args after the first when
interpreting ``cd'' is somewhat dodgy :-/
> Greg
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