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From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: disable bash builtin(s)
Date: 25 Jan 2002 18:31:21 GMT
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JT Williams <jeffw AT darwin DOT sfbr DOT org> wrote:
> -: The only way this can ever trouble the user would be if some program
> -: was installed under the name 'select' --- which is quite obviously a
> -: rather bad idea, for exactly this reason.

[...]

> The conflict with `select' has a similar origin; `select' is a standard
> database operation, but it conflicts with a bash keyword.  

Why not use "SELECT" instead of "select" as the name of the DB
operation of that name?  SQL is usually written in all-caps, in my
experience.  So typing "SELECT" should feel natural enough for users.
Bash won't mix that up with 'select', but DOS will, i.e. even if the
program is called 'select.exe', I think it'll still be found by DJGPP
bash if you type SELECT.

Or just bite the bullet and use a prefix command or alias.  Something
like 

	alias sel c:/some/where/select.exe


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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
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