From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.4 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 23705 invoked from network); 31 Oct 2022 23:15:41 -0000 Received: from zero.zsh.org (2a02:898:31:0:48:4558:7a:7368) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 31 Oct 2022 23:15:41 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=zsh.org; s=rsa-20210803; h=List-Archive:List-Owner:List-Post:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Help:List-Id:Sender:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-Type:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:References:In-Reply-To:Message-Id: Mime-Version:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From: Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID; bh=ZNb56dJAL+l2M+NTAiQFmrkyhBvGdAOWjmaYPK88NLo=; b=mtB8y0ltX4rneJIlCDMxhqmIOC P+yHAX8SREEfVN3mPTXXDe+E/gDcua73tid3oe2Fq/Lmpt30/iD3cR3lNNTaY8WoiueEZ1btI1jxA /0Uc/JXcpHKuD1v1Dk4I6qs2bSKsHLz5Y+uzUmk73sV1pUFBa5sUt9daFtHz47ZNsoGKQ/3kMt7+7 0PouoXRL0V0uJkZSihqTfc+q9rl28BJxPUVJQki3UVMtd5oJkcsEGtOLybyIEzxwh/3yp8wHQz1XK jRnojfkQhZpmGILkE4gfrg0pV1SEEkmky7L/uyCLT6UKJP9WStCnrjbl50xnmo//SzucF9pq3jL+i pQhWbzWw==; Received: by zero.zsh.org with local id 1ope0K-000JkU-Fk; Mon, 31 Oct 2022 23:15:40 +0000 Received: by zero.zsh.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) id 1opdzU-000J3C-Br; Mon, 31 Oct 2022 23:14:48 +0000 Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.nyi.internal [10.202.2.46]) by mailauth.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34A0127C0054; Mon, 31 Oct 2022 19:14:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from imap48 ([10.202.2.98]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 31 Oct 2022 19:14:46 -0400 X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvgedrudeggddtlecutefuodetggdotefrodftvf curfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfgfvfdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfghnecu uegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhsucdlqddutddtmdenuc fjughrpefofgggkfgjfhffhffvvefutgfgsehtqhertderreejnecuhfhrohhmpefnrgif rhgvnhgtvgcugggvlhojiihquhgviicuoehlrghrrhihvhesiihshhdrohhrgheqnecugg ftrfgrthhtvghrnhepheegieduieegvddvffdvgeefuddugfetvdettddtfedutdejvefg jefgveethedunecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrh homheplhgrrhhrhihvodhmvghsmhhtphgruhhthhhpvghrshhonhgrlhhithihqdduudeh udekjeejtdegqdduudelvdejfeekhedqlhgrrhhrhihvpeepiihshhdrohhrghesfhgrsh htmhgrihhlrdgtohhm X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: iaa214773:Fastmail Received: by mailuser.nyi.internal (Postfix, from userid 501) id 0587131A0062; Mon, 31 Oct 2022 19:14:46 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface User-Agent: Cyrus-JMAP/3.7.0-alpha0-1087-g968661d8e1-fm-20221021.001-g968661d8 Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <128a1ff4-1af4-4d5f-b2e9-754daa6d9016@app.fastmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1f246a94-944c-cbc3-27af-43a34b90151d@eastlink.ca> References: <8cfe03ee-cddc-f70b-0c62-b506e49dfe58@eastlink.ca> <249024aa-ae57-e970-ccf1-1d3c8a391417@eastlink.ca> <4f4fb806-fef1-52ba-2559-f2629c823939@eastlink.ca> <1f246a94-944c-cbc3-27af-43a34b90151d@eastlink.ca> Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2022 19:14:25 -0400 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Lawrence_Vel=C3=A1zquez?= To: "Ray Andrews" Cc: zsh-users@zsh.org Subject: Re: whence output varies with dot vs. realpath in $PATH Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Seq: 28299 Archived-At: X-Loop: zsh-users@zsh.org Errors-To: zsh-users-owner@zsh.org Precedence: list Precedence: bulk Sender: zsh-users-request@zsh.org X-no-archive: yes List-Id: List-Help: , List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: On Mon, Oct 31, 2022, at 6:59 PM, Ray Andrews wrote: > On 2022-10-31 14:18, Bart Schaefer wrote: >> The "zsh is zsh" output means you have an empty path element, e.g. two >> consecutive colons in $PATH or $PATH begins or ends with colon, and an >> executable or link named "zsh" in the current directory. >> > >> 2 /aWorking/Zsh/Source/Wk 1 $ echo $PATH >> /aWorking/Zsh/Source/Wk:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin: >> > Thereyago, I'll kill that trailing colon.=C2=A0 Still, it seems like=20 > something that should be ignored. Why should whence ignore it? An empty PATH element actually means something to PATH searches; it is not cosmetic. --=20 vq