From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 16939 invoked from network); 5 Mar 2007 17:33:18 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=ham version=3.1.8 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 5 Mar 2007 17:33:18 -0000 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at sunsite.dk does not designate permitted sender hosts) Received: (qmail 65655 invoked from network); 5 Mar 2007 17:33:10 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 5 Mar 2007 17:33:10 -0000 Received: (qmail 13048 invoked by alias); 5 Mar 2007 17:33:07 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 23205 Received: (qmail 13038 invoked from network); 5 Mar 2007 17:33:06 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 5 Mar 2007 17:33:06 -0000 Received: (qmail 65302 invoked from network); 5 Mar 2007 17:33:06 -0000 Received: from acolyte.scowler.net (216.254.112.45) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 5 Mar 2007 17:33:00 -0000 Received: by acolyte.scowler.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 4A6EC5C06B; Mon, 5 Mar 2007 12:32:58 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 12:32:58 -0500 From: Clint Adams To: Vincent Lefevre , 413521@bugs.debian.org Cc: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk Subject: Re: Bug#413521: typo in zshoptions(1) man page Message-ID: <20070305173258.GA5529@scowler.net> Mail-Followup-To: Vincent Lefevre , 413521@bugs.debian.org, zsh-workers@sunsite.dk References: <20070305154547.GA4288@vin.lip.ens-lyon.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070305154547.GA4288@vin.lip.ens-lyon.fr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) > HIST_SAVE_BY_COPY > When the history file is re-written, we normally write out a > copy of the file named $HISTFILE.new and then rename it over the > old one. However, if this option is unset, we instead truncate > the old history file and write out the new version in-place. If > one of the history-appending options is enabled, this option > only has an affect when the enlarged history file needs to be > ^^^^^^ > > should be "effect". Index: Doc/Zsh/options.yo =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/zsh/zsh/Doc/Zsh/options.yo,v retrieving revision 1.52 diff -u -r1.52 options.yo --- Doc/Zsh/options.yo 12 Feb 2007 16:43:41 -0000 1.52 +++ Doc/Zsh/options.yo 5 Mar 2007 17:32:16 -0000 @@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ the file named $HISTFILE.new and then rename it over the old one. However, if this option is unset, we instead truncate the old history file and write out the new version in-place. If one of the -history-appending options is enabled, this option only has an affect +history-appending options is enabled, this option only has an effect when the enlarged history file needs to be re-written to trim it down to size. Disable this only if you have special needs, as doing so makes it possible to lose history entries if zsh gets interrupted