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From: zrzr0111@helpdesk.rus.uni-stuttgart.de (Kurt Jaeger aka PI)
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Subject: Recursion (was Re: Cshell hangs on "touch ~/.ididsu ; su"
Keywords: Recursion, no warnings
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Date: 12 Dec 90 22:54:07 GMT
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In article <374@rusux1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> zrzr0111@helpdesk.rus.uni-stuttgart.de (Kurt Jaeger aka PI) writes:
>I stumbled across a strange feature:
>alias su "touch ~/.ididsu ; su"
>su

Okay, the mystery is solved, just a recursion and no warnings.
The shell recursively tries to replace "su".

Thanks to those who answered ! I learned my lesson.
On SunOS it gave a warning, on Ultrix it just did not happen.
Oh yes, Unix is a standard :)

		So short, PI

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