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Re: /non/existant/path(:h)

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From: Atom Smasher <atom@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Sebastian Stark <seb-zsh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: /non/existant/path(:h)
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 20:38:43 +1200 (NZST)
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On Tue, 27 May 2008, Sebastian Stark wrote:

It could be that I missed something, as always. But I think the manpageshould be more clear about that. On the other hand it would be nice if:h indeed worked as a replacement for dirname. Not sure if this can beachieved without too much hassle.

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% pwd=`pwd`

% echo $pwd
/usr/ports/shells/zsh

% echo ${pwd:h}
/usr/ports/shells


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