From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 10385 invoked from network); 25 May 1998 04:12:48 -0000 Received: from ns2.primenet.com.au (HELO primenet.com.au) (7795@203.24.36.3) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 25 May 1998 04:12:47 -0000 Received: (qmail 8530 invoked from network); 25 May 1998 04:12:45 -0000 Received: from math.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by ns2.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 25 May 1998 04:12:45 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by math.gatech.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA26688; Mon, 25 May 1998 00:01:59 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 00:01:59 -0400 (EDT) From: "Bart Schaefer" Message-Id: <980524210234.ZM10590@candle.brasslantern.com> Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 21:02:34 -0700 In-Reply-To: <199805250302.WAA28908@hzoli.home> Comments: In reply to Zoltan Hidvegi "Re: PWD parameter" (May 24, 10:02pm) References: <199805250302.WAA28908@hzoli.home> X-Mailer: Z-Mail (4.0b.820 20aug96) To: Zoltan Hidvegi Subject: Re: PWD parameter Cc: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Resent-Message-ID: <"c_EX6.0.uW6.tqEQr"@math> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/3998 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu On May 24, 10:02pm, Zoltan Hidvegi wrote: } Subject: Re: PWD parameter } } > unset PWD } > PWD=/extra/home/schaefer } > echo $PWD } > } > then what I get back is /home/schaefer. *That* seems a bit odd. } } PWD has nullsetfn as the write function. Yes, I know. What I meant was, I wouldn't mind seeing that particular aspect change. But I'm undecided on what exactly I'd like to see happen upon unset PWD PWD=randomgarbage I just think I'd rather it didn't become set to randomgarbage. -- Bart Schaefer Brass Lantern Enterprises http://www.well.com/user/barts http://www.brasslantern.com