$calias » History » Revision 8
Revision 7 (Per Amundsen, 02/03/2020 11:47 PM) → Revision 8/9 (Per Amundsen, 10/19/2022 08:39 PM)
_Added in 2.4_ *$calias* Returns the calling alias for the current script, <pre> alias test1 { echo -ag Calling alias is $calias noop $test2 } alias test2 { echo -ag Calling alias is still $calias noop $test3 } alias test3 { echo -ag Calling alias is still $calias } </pre> --- _Added in 2.7_ *$calias(N)* Returns the Nth calling alias in the scripting stack. *Parameters* N - If N = 0, number of aliases in the stack, otherwise the The Nth calling alias. *Properties* .alias - Returns the name of the alias. .fname - Returns the filename of the script calling the alias. .line - Returns the line number in the script calling the alias. .isid - Returns [[$true]] if the alias was called as a identifier, otherwise [[$false]]. *Example* <pre> alias alias1 { alias2 } alias alias2 { noop $alias3 } alias alias3 { var %s 0 while (%s < $calias(0)) { inc %s linesep var %alias $calias(%s).alias echo -ag alias = %alias echo -ag calling filename = $calias(%s).fname echo -ag caling line = $calias(%s).line echo -ag isid = $calias(%s).isid if ($isalias(%alias)) { echo -ag alias filename = $isalias(%alias).fname echo -ag alias line = $isalias(%alias).fline echo -ag alias type = $isalias(%alias).ftype } linesep } } </pre>