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Re: cryptic error message

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From: "William Scott" <wgscott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: mjw@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: cryptic error message
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:54:18 -0800 (PST)
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Matt Wozniski wrote:
> You could always post the startup file.  :)

Careful what you ask for:  http://murl.info/15261



>  As a suggestion, search
> in the file with your favorite editor for lines that contain "${(".
> It's probably referring to an invalid flag inside of a set of
> parentheses immediately following the beginning of a parameter
> substitution.  Comment out those lines one by one and see which one
> makes the error stop.  Also, if it's on exit, you should limit your
> search to .zlogout and any traps that you have set on exit.

OK, I think that should narrow it down.


>
> ~Matt
>
> On 11/16/06, William Scott <wgscott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I've introduced something bad into a startup file, so when a shell
>> session exits, I get the message
>>
>> "zsh: error in flags"
>>
>> Any idea where to start looking?
>>
>>
>>
>

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