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From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: csh command substitution brain damage
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Date: Fri, 20-Jul-84 20:43:42 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 20 20:43:42 1984
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While I won't argue that it's a ``good thing'', the C shell was
apparently *designed* to give the ``ambiguous'' message.  Any time
globbing produces more than one word for what might be argv[0],
the C shell gives you the ``ambiguous'' message.  So

	% `look metro`
says
	`look metro`: Ambiguous.

but

	% `look metron`
says
	metronome: Command not found.

It makes a certain amount of sense, though I think I'd prefer the
other way.  (Hmm---yet another C shell magic variable?)
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