It occurs to me..why not just ask Ward? On Feb 17, 2012 4:37 AM, "Michael Rasmussen" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Various poking around hasn't resolved the question. So off to freenode > and /join #bash > > > <MichaelRpdx> In a Ward Cunningham interview he said "I saw &( ... ) > in use once and had to call my unix geek friends to find out how that could > possibly work." > <MichaelRpdx> What does &(...) do? > <MichaelRpdx> fork in a script? > <MichaelRpdx> complex evaluation? > <Riviera> There is no &(...). > <MichaelRpdx> &( <something> ) ? > <Riviera> MichaelRpdx: This command1 &(command2) > <Riviera> MichaelRpdx: would be > <Riviera> MichaelRpdx: command1 & > <Riviera> MichaelRpdx: (command2) > > Riviera has less respect for Ward than I do. > > -- > Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon > Other Adventures: http://www.jamhome.us/ or http://westy.saunter.us/ > Fortune Cookie Fortune du jour: > Of course I believe in luck. How otherwise to explain the success of those > you dislike? > ~ Jean Cocteau > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
