> I'm unsure if this conversation is about Plan 9 or plan9port, but in > any case I've used Local for lots of other things on Plan 9, > particularly name space manipulations. There, I don't understand why > it needs restrictions. > > Or are you just saying that on plan9port you need to do magic so you > might as well catalog the tricks? In that case, I understand.
Yes, the idea is that on plan9port you might change the implementation of Local to pick off var=value and cd path and run those internally. It could still shell out for other commands like Local echo $foo. Russ
