From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15858 invoked by alias); 24 Oct 2011 15:36:42 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Users List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 16542 Received: (qmail 24855 invoked from network); 24 Oct 2011 15:36:30 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at csr.com does not designate permitted sender hosts) Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:35:39 +0100 From: Peter Stephenson To: Zsh Users Subject: Re: checking for file existence when I don't know the exact name Message-ID: <20111024163539.750e274e@pwslap01u.europe.root.pri> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: Cambridge Silicon Radio X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.9 (GTK+ 2.22.0; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Originating-IP: [10.101.11.233] X-Scanned-By: MailControl 7.6.3 (www.mailcontrol.com) on 10.71.0.123 On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:59:43 +0200 J=C3=A9r=C3=A9mie Roquet wrote: > 2011/10/24 TJ Luoma : > > 2011/10/24 J=C3=A9r=C3=A9mie Roquet > >> From the man, section =E2=80=9Cconditional expressions=E2=80=9D : > >> > >> =C2=A0=E2=80=9CFile generation is not =C2=A0performed on any form of a= rgument to > >> conditions.=E2=80=9D > > > > This isn't file _generation_, is it? Or am I not understanding zsh's te= rms? >=20 > Err, it's file*name* generation, actually. In zsh's terms, filename > generation refers to globbing. >=20 > Peter, maybe we should fix the doc there? Yes, I've done that. --=20 Peter Stephenson Software Engineer Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070 Cambridge Silicon Radio Limited Churchill House, Cambridge Business Park, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WZ, = UK Member of the CSR plc group of companies. CSR plc registered in England and= Wales, registered number 4187346, registered office Churchill House, Cambr= idge Business Park, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WZ, United Kingdom More information can be found at www.csr.com. Follow CSR on Twitter at http= ://twitter.com/CSR_PLC and read our blog at www.csr.com/blog