From: "Zefram" <zefram@tao.co.uk>
To: stucki@math.fu-berlin.de
Cc: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu
Subject: Re: PATH handling broken in zsh 3.1.4
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 16:20:00 +0100 (BST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <199808041520.QAA25207@diamond.tao.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95q.980804161859.8775k-100000@petzval> from "C. v. Stuckrad" at Aug 4, 98 04:21:23 pm
C. v. Stuckrad wrote:
>I just noticed, that zsh *ignores* empty fields in
>'path' (created via 'PATH') instead of implying a 'dot'.
No it doesn't. It treats the entries as meaning the current directory.
>'csh' does: setenv PATH bla:
> echo $path
> bla .
zsh doesn't actually translate "" -> "." when setting the path, however.
>'zsh' ignores the trailing colon, and even drops colons when using
>'vared PATH' on a Path containig empty fields. Like:
>'export PATH=bla::bla'; vared path
vared on an array variable is a lossy process. Try "vared PATH" instead.
-zefram
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1998-08-04 15:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-08-04 14:21 C. v. Stuckrad
1998-08-04 15:20 ` Zefram [this message]
1998-08-04 15:37 ` Stucki
1998-08-04 15:44 ` Zefram
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