Re: whence output varies with dot vs. realpath in $PATH

[Lawrence Velázquez <larryv@xxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Oct 31, 2022, at 6:59 PM, Ray Andrews wrote:
> On 2022-10-31 14:18, Bart Schaefer wrote:
>> The "zsh is zsh" output means you have an empty path element, e.g. two
>> consecutive colons in $PATH or $PATH begins or ends with colon, and an
>> executable or link named "zsh" in the current directory.
>>
>
>> 2 /aWorking/Zsh/Source/Wk 1 $ echo $PATH
>> /aWorking/Zsh/Source/Wk:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:
>>
> Thereyago, I'll kill that trailing colon.  Still, it seems like 
> something that should be ignored.

Why should whence ignore it?  An empty PATH element actually means
something to PATH searches; it is not cosmetic.

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