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Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.4.0 Subject: Re: whence output varies with dot vs. realpath in $PATH Content-language: en-US To: zsh-users@zsh.org 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> From: Ray Andrews In-reply-to: <128a1ff4-1af4-4d5f-b2e9-754daa6d9016@app.fastmail.com> Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit X-Seq: 28301 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 2022-10-31 16:14, Lawrence Velázquez 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?