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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo | 7 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@ +2015-01-04 Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@ntlworld.com> + + * users/19682: Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo: document recommended use of + whence. + 2015-01-02 Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@ntlworld.com> - * 19671: Src/builtin.c: whence -a should still work if there's a - full path already. + * users/19671: Src/builtin.c: whence -a should still work if + there's a full path already. * users/19667: Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo, Src/builtin.c, Src/utils.c: whence -S shows intermediate steps in symlink expansion. diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo b/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo index b4f4b6742..49c2c11c3 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo @@ -2087,6 +2087,11 @@ item(tt(whence) [ tt(-vcwfpamsS) ] var(name) ...)( For each name, indicate how it would be interpreted if used as a command name. +tt(whence) is most useful when var(name) is only the last path component +of a command, i.e. does not include a `tt(/)'; in particular, pattern +matching only succeeds if just the non-directory component of the command is +passed. + startitem() item(tt(-v))( Produce a more verbose report. @@ -2119,7 +2124,7 @@ throughout the command path. Normally only the first occurrence is printed. ) item(tt(-m))( -The arguments are taken as patterns (should be +The arguments are taken as patterns (pattern characters should be quoted), and the information is displayed for each command matching one of these patterns. ) |