Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!cca!ima!inmet!porges From: porges@inmet.UUCP Newsgroups: net.bugs.4bsd Subject: Re: 4.xBSD /bin/csh bug fix wanted.. - (nf) Message-ID: <884@inmet.UUCP> Date: Sun, 12-Feb-84 23:44:36 EST Article-I.D.: inmet.884 Posted: Sun Feb 12 23:44:36 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 14-Feb-84 01:32:11 EST Lines: 13 #R:ecn-ee:16700002:inmet:3000004:000:353 inmet!porges Feb 11 14:58:00 1984 It's no bug for eval `tset -s` to fail when there's a * in the TERMCAP; the cshell is doing pattern matching. What you need is set noglob eval `tset -s` unset noglob And, if you ever get an AVT, whose TERMCAP has ! characters in it, you have to fiddle with the histchars cshell variable before and after the tset to prevent history substitution!