From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7834 invoked from network); 27 Mar 2008 12:49:06 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.4 (2008-01-01) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.4 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 27 Mar 2008 12:49:06 -0000 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at sunsite.dk does not designate permitted sender hosts) Received: (qmail 88280 invoked from network); 27 Mar 2008 12:49:03 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 27 Mar 2008 12:49:03 -0000 Received: (qmail 25989 invoked by alias); 27 Mar 2008 12:49:00 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 24764 Received: (qmail 25973 invoked from network); 27 Mar 2008 12:48:59 -0000 Received: from bifrost.dotsrc.org (130.225.254.106) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 27 Mar 2008 12:48:59 -0000 Received: from cluster-g.mailcontrol.com (cluster-g.mailcontrol.com [85.115.41.190]) by bifrost.dotsrc.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E97882CD268 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:48:55 +0100 (CET) Received: from cameurexb01.EUROPE.ROOT.PRI ([62.189.241.200]) by rly06g.srv.mailcontrol.com (MailControl) with ESMTP id m2RCm0Yh025208 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:48:46 GMT Received: from news01.csr.com ([10.103.143.38]) by cameurexb01.EUROPE.ROOT.PRI with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:48:36 +0000 Received: from news01.csr.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by news01.csr.com (8.14.2/8.13.4) with ESMTP id m2RCmamF009353 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:48:36 GMT Received: from csr.com (pws@localhost) by news01.csr.com (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) with ESMTP id m2RCmZVv009350 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:48:36 GMT Message-Id: <200803271248.m2RCmZVv009350@news01.csr.com> X-Authentication-Warning: news01.csr.com: pws owned process doing -bs To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk Subject: Re: PATCH: cd -q (was Re: _canonical_path ...) In-reply-to: <237967ef0803270535w2267fc7fi525b68efb29c43a@mail.gmail.com> References: <20080326114413.80713vrmznwpnyuc@bapt.selfip.org> <200803261540.m2QFeJmm017381@news01.csr.com> <200803261604.m2QG41Ke017772@news01.csr.com> <200803261621.m2QGLptV017966@news01.csr.com> <20080326173824.0a55c00d@coredump.raveland.priv> <20080326164615.1d5893ed@news01> <20080327102325.55808716@news01> <20080327120807.415095ee@raveland.org> <20080327112506.7298e9ef@news01> <20080327121525.5b4059f9@news01> <237967ef0803270535w2267fc7fi525b68efb29c43a@mail.gmail.com> Comments: In-reply-to "Mikael Magnusson" message dated "Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:35:46 +0100." Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:48:35 +0000 From: Peter Stephenson X-OriginalArrivalTime: 27 Mar 2008 12:48:36.0354 (UTC) FILETIME=[DF7A6E20:01C89008] X-Scanned-By: MailControl A-08-00-04 (www.mailcontrol.com) on 10.71.0.116 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.2/6421/Thu Mar 27 09:54:20 2008 on bifrost X-Virus-Status: Clean "Mikael Magnusson" wrote: > If the -P option is given or the CHASE_LINKS option is set, > symbolic links are resolved to their true values. If the -L option > is given symbolic links are followed regardless of the state of the > CHASE_LINKS option. > Intuitively this paragraph doesn't make any sense. Both options seem > to do the same thing? (-P || CHASE_LINKS) || -L == -P || -L || > CHASE_LINKS -L is the opposite of the -P (logical rather than physical). "Followed" is a little unclear; it should be something like "retained", unless someone can express it better. -- Peter Stephenson Software Engineer CSR PLC, Churchill House, Cambridge Business Park, Cowley Road Cambridge, CB4 0WZ, UK Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070