From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 22494 invoked from network); 9 Jan 1997 18:27:51 -0000 Received: from euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by coral.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 9 Jan 1997 18:27:51 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) id NAA04959; Thu, 9 Jan 1997 13:25:23 -0500 (EST) Resent-Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 13:25:23 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 10:26:39 -0800 From: olsenc@ichips.intel.com (Clint Olsen) To: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Subject: Metacharacters in PATH variable? X-Mailer: Mutt 0.56 Mime-Version: 1.0 Organization: Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR X-Disclaimer: Mutt Bites! Resent-Message-ID: <"tjoR.0.PD1.IWJro"@euclid> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/2761 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu Hello: Sorry if this is a FAQ, but I was wondering if ZSH supports wildcard characters in the PATH variable. HP-UX uses this new /opt/package/* braindead methodology for option packages and thus the binaries and manuals are all scattered under each of the subdirectories. It would be nice if you could do something like this: PATH=${PATH}:/opt/{ansic,langtools,audio}/bin or better yet somehow dynamically find all the bin dirs here and add it to the path in some sort of compact notation like the above. Thanks, -Clint