From: Sweth Chandramouli <sweth@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu>
To: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu
Subject: for syntax differences from ksh
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 17:12:51 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9710161746.A24348-0100000@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu> (raw)
i wrote the following function in ksh to easily add directories
to my path. it worked fine there, but when i try to use it in zsh, it fails.
addpath () {
for pathdir in $*; do
if test -d $pathdir; then
PATH=$PATH:$pathdir
fi;
done
}
in my .zshenv, this fn is then called with a list of dirs as its
argument (actually, the line is
addpath $pathlist
where pathlist is defined as the list of dirs, separated by spaces). the
for loop, which in ksh interprets the list of dirs as a list, works fine,
in zsh instead interprets the list as one large directory name; the test
-d then fails, and no dirs are added to the path. so what is the proper
syntax for doing this? and is there someplace that lists the
logic/syntax for the various shell operators in zsh, and how they differ
from ksh? i've picked up a few, through trial and error, but haven't yet
found a good reference.
tia,
sweth.
next reply other threads:[~1997-10-16 21:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-10-16 21:12 Sweth Chandramouli [this message]
1997-10-17 9:25 ` Andrew Main
1997-10-17 15:44 ` Bart Schaefer
1997-10-18 6:09 ` Sweth Chandramouli
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