[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: use of ampersand for backgrounding foils termination parsing?
|
From: |
Chet Ramey |
|
Subject: |
Re: use of ampersand for backgrounding foils termination parsing? |
|
Date: |
Mon, 3 Feb 2003 08:43:51 -0500 |
> Machine Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu
>
> Bash Version: 2.05b
> Patch Level: 0
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
>
> semicolons to delimit commands usually work identically to newlines,
> but in the case where they follow an ampersand, there appears to be a
> syntax error generated.
This is the correct behavior.
Chet
--
``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer
( ``Discere est Dolere'' -- chet )
Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU chet@po.CWRU.Edu http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/