Re: inconsistency between bash and zsh subshells

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From: Matt Zagrabelny <mzagrabe@xxxxxxxxx>

To: Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@xxxxxxxxx>

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Subject: Re: inconsistency between bash and zsh subshells

Date: Mon, 23 May 2022 12:26:32 -0500

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On Mon, May 23, 2022 at 12:01 PM Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 5/23/22, Matt Zagrabelny <mzagrabe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Why does the subshell in zsh get executed even though the conditional
> branch is not? That is, the "touch"-ing of /tmp/FOO.

You're most likely using a poorly written prompt theme and/or thing
that updates your terminal title.

Haha. Probably!

Try disabling that code and try
again if so.

Yup - that was it. I removed my .zshrc and it works as expected.

Thanks for the hint! Time to figure out what poorly written part of my .zshrc is to blame.

Cheers,

-m

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