From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29097 invoked from network); 4 Aug 1998 15:49:40 -0000 Received: from math.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 4 Aug 1998 15:49:40 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by math.gatech.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) id LAA09906; Tue, 4 Aug 1998 11:41:41 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 11:41:41 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <19980804173707.A29823@math.fu-berlin.de> Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 17:37:07 +0200 From: Stucki To: Zefram Cc: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Subject: Re: PATH handling broken in zsh 3.1.4 References: <199808041520.QAA25207@diamond.tao.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93i In-Reply-To: <199808041520.QAA25207@diamond.tao.co.uk>; from Zefram on Tue, Aug 04, 1998 at 04:20:00PM +0100 Resent-Message-ID: <"qKEr.0.gQ2.qkonr"@math> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/4262 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu Quoting Zefram (zefram@tao.co.uk): > >'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. 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! Stucki -- Christoph von Stuckrad * * | talk to | \ Freie Universitaet Berlin |/_* | nickname | ...!unido!fub!leibniz!stucki| Fachbereich Mathematik, EDV |\ * | 'stucki' | Tel:+49 30 838-75459 | Arnimallee 2-6/14195 Berlin * * | on IRC | Fax:+49 30 838-75454 /