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On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, Timothy Luoma wrote:

> > path=($^path(N))
> 
> Does that go through the current $PATH and delete all the folders that
> aren't listed in there?

Yes.

> Is it supposed to be lowercase?

Yes, Sami Samhuri has the right of it:  $path and $PATH are "tied"  
variables, one an array and one a colon-delimited string, both of which
represent the same value.  Assign to either one and zsh changes the other
to match.