eshell and external commands

eshell and external commands

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

Often when executing a external command, eshell gets a bit confused.
For example, when doing `ls -B' (-B will cause eshell to call the
external ls):

~ $ ls -lB
~ $ total 169316
drwxr-xr-x  5 ams ams     4096 2007-06-14 22:42 Backup
drwxr-xr-x 26 ams ams     8192 2007-07-04 13:04 Backup.tmp
drwxr-xr-x  2 ams ams     4096 2007-06-04 20:41 bin
drwxr-xr-x  2 ams ams     4096 2007-07-02 08:48 Desktop
-rw-------  1 ams ams     2120 2007-06-28 14:31 diary
drwxr-xr-x 12 ams ams     4096 2007-05-18 00:44 docs
drwxr-xr-x  3 ams ams     4096 2007-07-08 13:19 elisp
lrwxrwxrwx  1 ams ams       11 2007-05-23 23:12 emacs -> s/vcs/emacs
-rw-r--r--  1 ams ams   173896 2007-07-07 22:47 emms
lrwxrwxrwx  1 ams ams       15 2007-05-23 23:12 inetutils -> s/vcs/inetutils
drwxr-xr-x  5 ams ams     4096 2007-05-24 20:09 info
-rw-r--r--  1 ams ams      313 2007-07-08 13:20 #*mail*#9338FhM#
-rw-r--r--  1 ams ams    17749 2007-06-16 01:41 multi-mode.el
drwxr-xr-x 11 ams ams     4096 2007-06-23 15:03 Music
drwxr-xr-x  3 ams ams     4096 2007-06-15 03:06 Music.tmp
drwxr-xr-x  4 ams ams     4096 2007-06-16 01:00 News
drwxr-xr-x  5 ams ams     4096 2007-07-01 23:54 notes
-rw-r--r--  1 ams ams     5051 2007-07-08 13:18 resume
-rw-------  1 ams ams  6198546 2007-07-02 23:38 RMAIL
-r--------  1 ams ams 81400163 2006-07-13 12:19 RMAIL-2005.tar.bz2
-r--------  1 ams ams 27744447 2007-05-23 19:09 RMAIL-2007.tar.bz2
-rw-------  1 ams ams      183 2007-03-28 03:48 RMAIL.empty
-rw-------  1 ams ams  9037761 2007-07-02 21:00 RMAIL.inbox
-rw-------  1 ams ams   436632 2007-07-02 21:00 RMAIL.inbox-kemisten
-rw-------  1 ams ams    21201 2007-06-30 00:23 RMAIL.inbox-update
-rw-------  1 ams ams        0 2007-05-23 19:09 RMAIL.inbox-uu
-r--------  1 ams ams 47801466 2006-07-13 11:49 RMAIL-kemisten.tar.bz2
-rw-------  1 ams ams      183 2007-06-13 20:38 RMAIL.local
-rw-------  1 ams ams    68149 2007-06-09 00:21 RMAIL.outbox
-rw-------  1 ams ams        0 2007-05-23 19:09 RMAIL.outbox-kemisten
-rw-------  1 ams ams        0 2007-05-23 19:09 RMAIL.spam
drwxr-xr-x  5 ams ams     4096 2007-07-01 22:07 s
-rw-------  1 ams ams    99929 2007-07-08 12:36 sketch
drwxr-xr-x  2 ams ams     4096 2007-07-01 21:53 t
-rw-r--r--  1 ams ams     1441 2007-07-08 13:14 todo
-rw-r--r--  1 ams ams    18204 2007-07-08 13:16 tunes
_!_           [point is here now]

But, when inovoking the external command directly, /bin/ls -lB, it
works as it should,

~ $ /bin/ls -lB
total 169316
drwxr-xr-x  5 ams ams     4096 2007-06-14 22:42 Backup
drwxr-xr-x 26 ams ams     8192 2007-07-04 13:04 Backup.tmp
drwxr-xr-x  2 ams ams     4096 2007-06-04 20:41 bin
drwxr-xr-x  2 ams ams     4096 2007-07-02 08:48 Desktop
-rw-------  1 ams ams     2120 2007-06-28 14:31 diary
drwxr-xr-x 12 ams ams     4096 2007-05-18 00:44 docs
drwxr-xr-x  3 ams ams     4096 2007-07-08 13:19 elisp
lrwxrwxrwx  1 ams ams       11 2007-05-23 23:12 emacs -> s/vcs/emacs
-rw-r--r--  1 ams ams   173896 2007-07-07 22:47 emms
lrwxrwxrwx  1 ams ams       15 2007-05-23 23:12 inetutils -> s/vcs/inetutils
drwxr-xr-x  5 ams ams     4096 2007-05-24 20:09 info
-rw-r--r--  1 ams ams     2596 2007-07-08 13:23 #*mail*#9338FhM#
-rw-r--r--  1 ams ams    17749 2007-06-16 01:41 multi-mode.el
drwxr-xr-x 11 ams ams     4096 2007-06-23 15:03 Music
drwxr-xr-x  3 ams ams     4096 2007-06-15 03:06 Music.tmp
drwxr-xr-x  4 ams ams     4096 2007-06-16 01:00 News
drwxr-xr-x  5 ams ams     4096 2007-07-01 23:54 notes
-rw-r--r--  1 ams ams     5051 2007-07-08 13:18 resume
-rw-------  1 ams ams  6198546 2007-07-02 23:38 RMAIL
-r--------  1 ams ams 81400163 2006-07-13 12:19 RMAIL-2005.tar.bz2
-r--------  1 ams ams 27744447 2007-05-23 19:09 RMAIL-2007.tar.bz2
-rw-------  1 ams ams      183 2007-03-28 03:48 RMAIL.empty
-rw-------  1 ams ams  9037761 2007-07-02 21:00 RMAIL.inbox
-rw-------  1 ams ams   436632 2007-07-02 21:00 RMAIL.inbox-kemisten
-rw-------  1 ams ams    21201 2007-06-30 00:23 RMAIL.inbox-update
-rw-------  1 ams ams        0 2007-05-23 19:09 RMAIL.inbox-uu
-r--------  1 ams ams 47801466 2006-07-13 11:49 RMAIL-kemisten.tar.bz2
-rw-------  1 ams ams      183 2007-06-13 20:38 RMAIL.local
-rw-------  1 ams ams    68149 2007-06-09 00:21 RMAIL.outbox
-rw-------  1 ams ams        0 2007-05-23 19:09 RMAIL.outbox-kemisten
-rw-------  1 ams ams        0 2007-05-23 19:09 RMAIL.spam
drwxr-xr-x  5 ams ams     4096 2007-07-01 22:07 s
-rw-------  1 ams ams    99929 2007-07-08 12:36 sketch
drwxr-xr-x  2 ams ams     4096 2007-07-01 21:53 t
-rw-r--r--  1 ams ams     1441 2007-07-08 13:14 todo
-rw-r--r--  1 ams ams    18204 2007-07-08 13:16 tunes
~ $ _!_

Re: eshell and external commands

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
> Often when executing a external command, eshell gets a bit confused.
> For example, when doing `ls -B' (-B will cause eshell to call the
> external ls):


Is this with the latest version of Emacs (22)? If so please report it as 
a bug from the menus: Help - Send Bug Report

Re: eshell and external commands

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Lennart Borgman (gmail) wrote:
> Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
>> Often when executing a external command, eshell gets a bit confused.
>> For example, when doing `ls -B' (-B will cause eshell to call the
>> external ls):
> 
> 
> Is this with the latest version of Emacs (22)? If so please report it as 
> a bug from the menus: Help - Send Bug Report


Eh, sorry, I did not see it was to the devel list ...

Re: eshell and external commands

[Richard Stallman]

I don't think we have anyone that regularly maintains eshell.
Would you like to try to debug this?

Re: eshell and external commands

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

   > Often when executing a external command, eshell gets a bit confused.
   > For example, when doing `ls -B' (-B will cause eshell to call the
   > external ls):

   Is this with the latest version of Emacs (22)? If so please report
   it as a bug from the menus: Help - Send Bug Report

This is from CVS emacs, sorr for forgetting to mention that.  But the
bug probobly exists in Emacs 21 and 22 as well, but I do not use
those.

Re: eshell and external commands

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

   I don't think we have anyone that regularly maintains eshell.
   Would you like to try to debug this?

I tried, but I failed.  The code for eshell is to complex for me.

Re: eshell and external commands

[Richard Stallman]

Would someone else please debug that problem, and ack?

Re: eshell and external commands

[Richard Stallman]

Thanks for trying.

Re: eshell and external commands

[Richard Stallman]

[I sent this message two weeks ago but did not get a response.]

Would someone else please debug that problem, and ack?