On 18 Aug 2002 07:22:14 +0000, Bruce M Beach wrote:
>
> On Sat, 17 Aug 2002, Mikhael Goikhman wrote:
>
> > > I thought the ';' would work.
> >
> > Here you should remove "exec":
> > Exec xterm &; xterm &; xterm &
> > The last & is optional, but I would leave it for symmetry.
> >
> + "All" Exec xterm &; xterm &
>
> doesn't work. Nothing happens. If I remove the last xterm then an
> xterm pops up as expected, as in
>
> + "All" Exec xterm &
>
> but if I add a semicolon
>
> + "All" Exec xterm &;
>
> then nothing happens
Funny, the following is incorrect in bash and ksh:
% xterm &; xterm
But this is correct in tcsh, zsh, ash and csh. If you put a command
with & in parentheses it should work in all shells:
Exec (xterm &); (xterm &); (xterm &)
On the other hand, if you need a sequence, you don't need parentheses:
Exec xterm; xterm; xterm
Regards,
Mikhael.
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Received on Sat Aug 17 2002 - 19:15:16 BST