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Re: PATH handling broken in zsh 3.1.4

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From: "Zefram" <zefram@xxxxxxxxx>
To: stucki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Stucki)
Subject: Re: PATH handling broken in zsh 3.1.4
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 16:44:30 +0100 (BST)
Cc: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <19980804173707.A29823@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> from "Stucki" at Aug 4, 98 05:37:07 pm

Stucki wrote:
>OK, that works as supposed, but the 'csh'(ells) do 'really' imply
>(meaning create) the dot, so you can work with it!
>Shouldn't 'zsh' do the same in 'path' then ? I'd prefer to have
>the same behavior!

I'd rather have zsh leave $path exactly as it was set.  POSIX, of course,
requires that $PATH remain exactly as it was set, as is historical
practice.  I'd rather remain compatible with the Bourne shell in this
respect, too.

-zefram

References:
- Re: PATH handling broken in zsh 3.1.4
  - From: Stucki

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