From: "Bart Schaefer" <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
To: sweth@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu (Sweth Chandramouli), zsh-users@math.gatech.edu
Subject: Re: for syntax differences from ksh
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 08:44:33 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <971017084433.ZM7615@candle.brasslantern.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <199710170925.KAA05948@taos.demon.co.uk>
On Oct 17, 10:25am, Andrew Main wrote:
} Subject: Re: for syntax differences from ksh
}
} Sweth Chandramouli wrote:
} >
} >addpath () {
} >for pathdir in $*; do
} > if test -d $pathdir; then
} > PATH=$PATH:$pathdir
} > fi;
} >done
} >}
}
} This function is correct for zsh.
Yes, but I'd recommend
PATH=${PATH}:$pathdir
because of zsh's `:' variable modifiers. It happens to work here because
zsh ignores the `:' when it is not followed by a recognized modifier, but
I think it's a bad habit to rely upon that.
--
Bart Schaefer Brass Lantern Enterprises
http://www.well.com/user/barts http://www.brasslantern.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1997-10-17 15:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-10-16 21:12 Sweth Chandramouli
1997-10-17 9:25 ` Andrew Main
1997-10-17 15:44 ` Bart Schaefer [this message]
1997-10-18 6:09 ` Sweth Chandramouli
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