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Mon, 31 Oct 2022 16:39:04 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <8cfe03ee-cddc-f70b-0c62-b506e49dfe58@eastlink.ca> <249024aa-ae57-e970-ccf1-1d3c8a391417@eastlink.ca> <4f4fb806-fef1-52ba-2559-f2629c823939@eastlink.ca> <1f246a94-944c-cbc3-27af-43a34b90151d@eastlink.ca> <128a1ff4-1af4-4d5f-b2e9-754daa6d9016@app.fastmail.com> In-Reply-To: From: Bart Schaefer Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2022 16:38:53 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: whence output varies with dot vs. realpath in $PATH To: Ray Andrews Cc: zsh-users@zsh.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Seq: 28303 Archived-At: X-Loop: zsh-users@zsh.org Errors-To: zsh-users-owner@zsh.org Precedence: list Precedence: bulk Sender: zsh-users-request@zsh.org X-no-archive: yes List-Id: List-Help: , List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 4:21 PM Ray Andrews wrote: > > On 2022-10-31 16:14, Lawrence Vel=C3=A1zquez wrote: > > Why should whence ignore it? An empty PATH element actually means > > something to PATH searches; it is not cosmetic. > > > What use would that be? It's an archaic synonym for ".", included for backward compatibility. See POSIX spec.