Can't execute @ALIAS[...]

[vefatica]

Here's my (global, shared) alias for "d".

v:\> echo %@alias[d]
*dir /a /p /m /k /h /ne

Executing @ALIAS[d] doesn't work in v20.

v:\test> ver

TCC  20.11.40   Windows 7 [Version 6.1.7601]

v:\test> %@alias[d]
v:\test>

It works in v18.

v:\test> ver

TCC  18.00.32   Windows 7 [Version 6.1.7601]

v:\test> %@alias[d]
2016-01-07  17:35         <DIR>    Bar
2016-01-07  17:35         <DIR>    Baz
2016-01-07  17:35         <DIR>    Foo
2016-06-25  22:31               9  foobar.txt
2016-01-07  17:32             178  test.btm

v:\test>

 

[vefatica]

There's something odd going on here. I can no longer reproduce the problem with the "d" alias. But now I see a similar problem with another alias. Note the difference between v18 and v20.

 

[vefatica]

This is really strange. In the same instance of v20 in which the command %@alias[d] didn't work, and then did work, it's not working again. But it does work (once) if I do it twice on the same command line.

v:\test> %@alias[d]
v:\test> %@alias[d] & %@alias[d]
2016-01-07  17:35         <DIR>    Bar
2016-01-07  17:35         <DIR>    Baz
2016-01-07  17:35         <DIR>    Foo
2016-06-25  22:31               9  foobar.txt
2016-01-07  17:32             178  test.btm
v:\test> %@alias[d]
v:\test>

And I can toggle whether it works or not by removing/restoring the leading '*'.

v:\test> eset /a d
d=dir /a /p /m /k /h /ne

v:\test> %@alias[d]
2016-01-07  17:35         <DIR>    Bar
2016-01-07  17:35         <DIR>    Baz
2016-01-07  17:35         <DIR>    Foo
2016-06-25  22:31               9  foobar.txt
2016-01-07  17:32             178  test.btm

v:\test> eset /a d
d=*dir /a /p /m /k /h /ne

v:\test> %@alias[d]
v:\test>

 

[vefatica]

I can also toggle whether %@alias[d] (or %@alias[ b ]) works, as a command, by adding a space after it. They work when followed by a space, otherwise they don't work.

 

[rconn]

Not reproducible here. Try it without TCMD.INI & plugins.

Nor can I comprehend why you're using %@alias[] as a command, instead of just entering the alias name.

 

[vefatica]

Not reproducible here. Try it without TCMD.INI & plugins.

It got better without an INIfile. V20 had DelayedExpansion=Yes. When I changed that to No, the problem went away. Similarly, when I changed v18's No to Yes, the problem appeared in v18.

Is that expected behavior? I can't imagine a connection.