Re: modules: shell portabililty?

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On Oct 22, 21:04, Sven Utcke wrote:
} Subject: Re: modules: shell portabililty?
> 
> > For example, the way one sets the prompt is different in csh-type
> > shells and in sh-type shells. So is the quoting behavior. This means
> > that I end up saying stuff like this in my modulefiles: 
> > 
> > if { [ module-info shelltype ] == "csh" } {
> > 	# csh (and tcsh etc) alias generation
> > } else {
> > 	# sh (and ksh and bash etc) alias / function generation
> > }
> 
> Whats wrong with set-alias?  from the man-page (this is 
> man modulefile):


> I have admittedly never tried it, but it sounds good, doesn't it?

I have, set-alias works. I think his problem is not alias
generation, but quoting and prompt setting.  I suppose we could
add a "set-prompt" Tcl command, but quoting is always going to be
somewhat problematic - C shell quoting is often rather bizarre. 


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