Julia shell and Windows shell (cmd) giving different result

[cormullion]

The shell mode in the REPL isn’t really a shell.

Documentation for shell mode?

I really like the REPL’s shell mode (the thing you get after typing ;). But I struggle with understanding which features of my normal $SHELL are available, and which don’t work. I’ve read the official docs, but I can’t find the answers to these questions: Why aren’t the aliases I define in my e.g. ~/.zshrc available? Can I do any job control (run things in the background with &, etc.)? Why can’t I set shell variables? Is there anywhere I can find the answers to this questions? I run Julia on…