Re: bang (!) escape reprise:

I always use SHELL=false Scott Rubin ------------------------------------------------------------------------ At 02:49 PM 4/9/96 -0400, you wrote: } }Thanks for the responses. } }It turns out that setting SHELL=/dev/null works fine for }the character oriented tools but not for NewEra ViewPoint Pro }which seems to ignore it. } }On an HP-UX HP-VUE system bang (!) 'ls' gives -> } } } UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME COMMAND }jmumford 5673 5672 0 12:52:51 ttyp7 0:00 csh }jmumford 5922 5673 7 14:33:59 ttyp7 0:00 ps -f }jmumford 5917 1 0 14:33:35 ttyp7 0:00 sh -cQ cd ; /u4/informix/hp//bin }/runcmd ls & }jmumford 5873 5673 0 14:22:03 ttyp7 0:06 Vppro }jmumford 5918 5917 0 14:33:35 ttyp7 0:00 xterm -title ls -name ls -tn vt1 }00 -fn 9x15 -sb -sl 1024 -e } } }Not sure how Vppro handed 'sh' to the init process or what '-cQ' option }means, but we'll probably just edit the runcmd script. } }Thanks, } }Jim Mumford } } }