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diff --git a/Doc/help/dot b/Doc/help/dot new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2d969a509 --- /dev/null +++ b/Doc/help/dot @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +. file [ arg ... ] + Read commands from file and execute them in the current shell + environment. + + If file does not contain a slash, or if PATH_DIRS is set, the + shell looks in the components of $path to find the directory + containing file. Files in the current directory are not read + unless `.' appears somewhere in $path. If a file named + `file.zwc' is found, is newer than file, and is the compiled + form (created with the zcompile builtin) of file, then commands + are read from that file instead of file. + + If any arguments arg are given, they become the positional pa- + rameters; the old positional parameters are restored when the + file is done executing. However, if no arguments are given, the + positional parameters remain those of the calling context, and + no restoring is done. + + If file was not found the return status is 127; if file was + found but contained a syntax error the return status is 126; + else the return status is the exit status of the last command + executed. |