[viewglob-general] Re: viewglob rocks! A request...

[Stephen B. <9s...@ql...>]

Hi Sterling, apologies for the exceedingly late reply.

> Is there any way to make it keep working after I type su?

Not right now, unfortunately.  The vgseer program uses a "sandbox" shell
to evaluate file globs, and its process is owned by the user who first
calls the program.  When you su your shell to a different user, the
sandbox shell gets left behind as the old user, and its glob results can
become inaccurate - therefore the globbing is disabled until you logout of
the su user.

This is a consequence of Viewglob's current implementation, so maybe I can
come up with something better in the future.

> Thank you for this wonderful app, it something I"ve actually been
> imagining for a while and it"s as cool as I thought it would be.

Thanks for the kind words! :-)

Regards,

Stephen