array/variable inconsistency

array/variable inconsistency

[John Cooper]

[I use zsh on NT, version 3.0.5-nt-beta-0.54]

When I set path as an array, the value is reflected in the uppercase PATH
environment variable:

    $ path=(one two three)
    $ echo $PATH
    one;two;three
    $

However, this doesn't work for (most) other variables:

    $ classpath=(one two three)
    $ echo $CLASSPATH
    c:/jdk1.1.7B/lib/classes.zip;.


How can I arrange for this to work with for my CLASSPATH example?

[please copy me on any responses, as I'm not on the mailing list]

Thanks,

    --- John

Re: array/variable inconsistency

[Bart Schaefer]

On Feb 4,  3:59pm, John Cooper wrote:
} Subject: array/variable inconsistency
}
} When I set path as an array, the value is reflected in the uppercase PATH
} environment variable:
} 
}     $ path=(one two three)
}     $ echo $PATH
} 
} However, this doesn't work for (most) other variables

PATH and path are "special" variables which zsh handles internally.  The
same is true of FPATH/fpath and a couple of others.

There's no facility for linking an arbitrary pair of variables this way
in any released version of zsh.  This linking feature was added very
recently by a patch to the 3.1.x development version of zsh, but AFAIK
that version has never been ported to Windows.

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