From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23831 invoked from network); 24 Oct 2005 08:20:28 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 24 Oct 2005 08:20:28 -0000 Received: (qmail 45079 invoked from network); 24 Oct 2005 08:20:22 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 24 Oct 2005 08:20:22 -0000 Received: (qmail 6816 invoked by alias); 24 Oct 2005 08:20:16 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 9548 Received: (qmail 6806 invoked from network); 24 Oct 2005 08:20:15 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 24 Oct 2005 08:20:15 -0000 Received: (qmail 44044 invoked from network); 24 Oct 2005 08:20:15 -0000 Received: from ns9.hostinglmi.net (213.194.149.146) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 24 Oct 2005 08:20:15 -0000 Received: from 212.red-80-35-44.staticip.rima-tde.net ([80.35.44.212] helo=localhost) by ns9.hostinglmi.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.52) id 1ETxZ3-0005b5-0o; Mon, 24 Oct 2005 10:20:17 +0200 Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 10:21:14 +0200 From: DervishD To: Jean Chalard Cc: zsh-users@sunsite.dk Subject: Re: Named directory pointing to a symbolic link Message-ID: <20051024082114.GB1131@DervishD> Mail-Followup-To: Jean Chalard , zsh-users@sunsite.dk References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Organization: DervishD X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - ns9.hostinglmi.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - sunsite.dk X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - dervishd.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.4 (2005-06-05) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.4 Hi Jean :) * Jean Chalard dixit: > It seems to me like the 'www' variable (which ought to be unset > when I start the shell, it's not like it should be a special > variable as far as I understand) has a strange behaviour : it > points on /nonexistent when used as a named directory, and any > attempt I do to have it point elsewhere with the export builtin > doesn't work when the variable is used as a named directory, though > it works when invoked as hash -d. Other variable names don't seem > to behave that way. I cannot reproduce under Linux, as you confirm in your next paragraph. Have you took a look at any initial environment that FreeBSD may be setting up, outside zsh RC's? I'm not familiar with FreeBSD and I don't know how its "init" sets up initial environment, that may be the problem. It is quite weird... Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado -- Linux Registered User 88736 | http://www.dervishd.net http://www.pleyades.net & http://www.gotesdelluna.net It's my PC and I'll cry if I want to...