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From: maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: How Does One Change Variables That Are Set From A Sub-Shell
Keywords: csh, programs, lunch, variables, set
Message-ID: <4591@solo11.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 21 Nov 89 20:15:55 GMT
References: <1989Nov20.190903.27550@wucs1.wustl.edu> <1989Nov21.052026.11968@athena.mit.edu>
Reply-To: maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath)
Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam
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In article <1989Nov21.052026.11968@athena.mit.edu> jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) writes:
\... csh/tcsh doesn't support multi-line aliases using
\"if", so there's no way to do the "else" part in an alias.

Is that a fact?

	% alias z 'if (! -e \!^) set status=1 && echo yes || echo no'
	% z /
	yes
	% z /etc/foobar
	no

Allright, it doesn't contain the word "else" and it's ugly, but don't you
write off our beloved csh that fast, sonny! :-)
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