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From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
Subject: Re: ${i:r}-question
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 03:07:09 +0000

Hi Bart !

> On Aug 28,  2:55am, Meino Christian Cramer wrote:
> } Subject: Re: ${i:r}-question
> }
> }  The code fragment
> } 
> } 	 ${${(M)afile%%(.tar|).(7z|bz2|gz)}#.}	
> } 
> }  would fail on files, which are of the pattern
> } 
> } 	 zsh-4.2.5-doc.bz2  (only one extension) 
> 
> What makes you think so?
> 
> schaefer[501] afile=zsh-4.2.5-doc.bz2
> schaefer[502] print ${${(M)afile%%(.tar|).(7z|bz2|gz)}#.}
> bz2
> schaefer[503] afile=zsh-4.2.5-doc.tar.gz
> schaefer[504] print ${${(M)afile%%(.tar|).(7z|bz2|gz)}#.}
> tar.gz
> Note that (.tar|) has an empty sub-pattern to the right of the vertical
> bar, so it means ".tar or nothing".

  Ah, I see... !!! ENLIGHTMENT! (my previous reply...it was to deep in
  the night....sorry)

> 
> }  or? (and all files, which are no Makefiles.... ;O)
> 
> I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean about files that are not
> Makefiles.
> 

Oh shit...again a fault of mine (I should not write mails in the
night...) --> ${(M)afile was {${(M)akefile in my eyes...

I will try to make my script run with your suggestions, Bart !

Thanks a lot fo ryour help !

Keep zshing!
Meino