Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!munnari.oz.au!sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au!adam.adelaide.edu.au!phil From: phil@adam.adelaide.edu.au (Phil Kernick) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: CLI-Execute bug Summary: Bug found in CLI Execute command Keywords: cli execute bug Message-ID: Date: 4 Nov 90 05:14:47 GMT Sender: news@ucs.adelaide.edu.au Distribution: comp Organization: University of Adelaide Lines: 31 Nntp-Posting-Host: adam.adelaide.edu.au I found the following bug in the CLI execute command: > copy * fubar execute test ^\ > copy * test echo "<" ^\ > execute test < > execute fubar EXECUTE: No K directive execute failed returncode 20 > The bug occurs if an execute script containing a '<' anywhere in it (including inside quotes as above, or inside a comment) is called up from another execute script. A simple workaround this is to include the line: .bra ~ at the top of the offending script (in fact any character can be used in the .bra directive, but then must not occur in the script). Has this bug been fixed in 2.0 (this is using 1.3.2)? Phil. -- Phil Kernick EMail: phil@adam.adelaide.edu.au Departmental Engineer Phone: +618 228 5914 Dept. of Psychology Fax: +618 224 0464 University of Adelaide Mail: GPO Box 498 Adelaide SA 5001