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Subject: Re: csh core dump  (was: if-then-else in csh alias?)
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Date: Wed, 31-Dec-69 18:59:59 EDT
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Posted: Wed Dec 31 18:59:59 1969
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In article <3565@zen.berkeley.edu> schung@cory.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Stephen the 
Greatest) writes:

>mkdir x x/y
>set home = x/y
>cd x/y
>cd ../..
>*** BOOM! ***
>core dumped
>
>I also tried it on a VAX 750, 8650 and 785 running 4.2, 4.3 BSD, and Ultrix.
>They *ALL* died.  Well, UNIX is portable is that sense..... :-)

But I tried this on our uVax II under Ultrix V1.2A... and it worked just
fine!  On the other hand, the following sequence *does* fail:

(I had already made x, x/y before doing this.)

38 cd
39 set home=x/y
40 cd x/y
41 cd ../..
42 cd
43 cd
cd: Can't change to home directory.
44 cd
cd: Can't change to home directory.
45 cd ../..

(It is just past eight o-clock, and time for the csh on your tty to Explode!)
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Ariel Glenn   {rutgers,ihnp4}!uwvax!uwmcsd1!calyx!ariel      (UUCP)
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