From: "Zefram" <zefram@tao.co.uk>
To: stucki@math.fu-berlin.de (Stucki)
Cc: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu
Subject: Re: PATH handling broken in zsh 3.1.4
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 16:44:30 +0100 (BST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <199808041544.QAA25585@diamond.tao.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <19980804173707.A29823@math.fu-berlin.de> from "Stucki" at Aug 4, 98 05:37:07 pm
Stucki wrote:
>OK, that works as supposed, but the 'csh'(ells) do 'really' imply
>(meaning create) the dot, so you can work with it!
>Shouldn't 'zsh' do the same in 'path' then ? I'd prefer to have
>the same behavior!
I'd rather have zsh leave $path exactly as it was set. POSIX, of course,
requires that $PATH remain exactly as it was set, as is historical
practice. I'd rather remain compatible with the Bourne shell in this
respect, too.
-zefram
prev parent reply other threads:[~1998-08-04 15:48 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
1998-08-04 15:37 ` Stucki
1998-08-04 15:44 ` Zefram [this message]
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