* array/variable inconsistency
@ 1999-02-04 15:59 John Cooper
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From: John Cooper @ 1999-02-04 15:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
[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
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* Re: array/variable inconsistency
@ 1999-02-04 16:30 Bart Schaefer
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From: Bart Schaefer @ 1999-02-04 16:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: John Cooper, zsh-users
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.
--
Bart Schaefer Brass Lantern Enterprises
http://www.well.com/user/barts http://www.brasslantern.com
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