From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 3886 invoked by alias); 5 Feb 2015 16:55:16 -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: 19825 Received: (qmail 3677 invoked from network); 5 Feb 2015 16:55:13 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-AuditID: cbfec7f4-b7f126d000001e9a-d1-54d39fdd361e Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2015 16:54:49 +0000 From: Peter Stephenson To: zsh-users@zsh.org Subject: Re: PATH variable case-insensitive? Message-id: <20150205165449.088fd96a@pwslap01u.europe.root.pri> In-reply-to: <20150205163828.31617aec@pwslap01u.europe.root.pri> References: <54D39290.9020702@gmail.com> <20150205163828.31617aec@pwslap01u.europe.root.pri> Organization: Samsung Cambridge Solution Centre X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.9 (GTK+ 2.22.0; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFlrGLMWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsVy+t/xK7p3518OMWi9Y2Ox4+RKRgdGj1UH PzAFMEZx2aSk5mSWpRbp2yVwZcz7dJip4CBHxd1VxxkbGP+wdTFyckgImEj8XLaAHcIWk7hw bz1QnItDSGApo8SanklQziImiSnHmxkhnG2MElt2/2cCaWERUJVobV4JZrMJGEpM3TSbEcQW ERCVWL5iM9hYYQEdibXvl4Gt4xWwl7j5bDYLiM0p4CCx/e1fVhBbSCBO4lf3JbBefgF9iat/ PzFBnGQvMfPKGUaIXkGJH5PvgfUyC2hJbN7WxAphy0tsXvOWGWKOusSNu7vZJzAKzULSMgtJ yywkLQsYmVcxiqaWJhcUJ6XnGuoVJ+YWl+al6yXn525ihITtlx2Mi49ZHWIU4GBU4uH9EH85 RIg1say4MvcQowQHs5II751moBBvSmJlVWpRfnxRaU5q8SFGJg5OqQZGr8rNvoWO08Oaz77f wnnYN83/w0oX1tyOD/MMb87fb2L0eaG1k7aghoGFx4EHqgcdP++abhMpskX4rM9tG6XAN/ce GsbPy1z0ibV5TX9TzOypTIpfD07i8D0dYrN7puKl26dW3jvU4lhqrvp07vE2/SiWDXfnKfzR FnP1C/EVsX0asOb3hPVzlViKMxINtZiLihMBTMVhWDkCAAA= On Thu, 5 Feb 2015 16:38:28 +0000 Peter Stephenson wrote: > ...if you're expecting zsh run in the > default fashion to be strictly POSIX-compatible, you're in for a *lot* > of surprises. We really ought to be upfront about this at the start of the manual (hi, Manuel)... we say it's "not completely compatible" with ksh, but that's a bit weaselly. The Sourceforge page puts this a bit better. We should probably say something like... diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/manual.yo b/Doc/Zsh/manual.yo index 5184928..f9aa700 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/manual.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/manual.yo @@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ texitop(The Z Shell Manual) texiifinfo(\ This Info file documents Zsh, a freely available UNIX command interpreter (shell), which of the standard shells most closely resembles the Korn shell -(ksh), although it is not completely compatible. +(ksh), although it is not completely compatible. Zsh is able to emulate +POSIX shells, but its default mode is not POSIX compatible, either. cindex(version) Version version(), last updated date(). pws