[clug] .bash_aliases and .bashrc

[Scott Ferguson]

On 19/10/14 19:16, Francis Whittle wrote:
> On Sun, 2014-10-19 at 13:36 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote:
>>> Humour about "the Any key" aside,
>>
>> I'm sorry that bothers you.
> 
> Bothers, no.  Just noted :)

No worries.
I've become hypersensitive of late after being accused of "rough tones"
(huh - tone in writing exists in the mind of the reader doesn't it). And
sarcasm (which I'm capable of, but wasn't being at the time) the
complainant just couldn't reconcile a post that criticized their comment
and was signed "kind regards"

> 
>>> surely this should make the current terminal wait for a signal?
>>
>> I don't understand your question? (I'm a bit thick)
>>
>> Yes - the pause function makes the terminal wait for a *key-press*
>> signal, by design.
>>
>> Is that what you mean?
> 
> This is more of a "If it looks like a C library function, it should
> behave like that function" jibe.

Whoosh! (see - I 'told' you I can be a bit thick!)

Humorous jibe aside (ha!) - I could make it a function that takes a
message parameter (or maybe a parameter that defines the key press to
continue processing).
:)

> pause(void) from unistd.h suspends the current process until a signal
> (e.g. SIGINT, SIGQUIT, SIGCONT, SIGALRM - actually pause + SIGALRM is
> how sleep works on most systems, ...) is received.

What I should/will do, is upper-case the first letter. Something I
usually do to avoid conflict with real commands.

> 
> Cheers,
> Francis
> 

Thanks for answering my question. Much appreciated.

Kind regards

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"Sarcasm is the lowest form of humour" ~ Joseph Stalin