Documentation: failing to search $path for a `.' command is at least

  an incompatibility with Tenth Edition rc, and probably a bug.

3 files changed, 29 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index d007801..b8d18e0 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Tim would like to thank these people for their contributions since he
 took over maintenance of rc.  Aharon Robbins, Arvid Requate, Bengt
 Kleberg, Brynjulv Hauksson, Byron Rakitzis, Chris Siebenmann, Dale
 Scheetz, David Luyer, David Swasey, Donn Cave, Gerry Tomlinson, Gert-Jan
-Vons, Ian Lance Taylor, Jeremy Fitzhardinge, Marc Moorcroft, Mark K
-Gardner, Raymond Venneker, Rich $alz, Rob Savoye, Scott Schwartz, Stefan
-Dalibor, Steve Simon, Tom Culliton, Tom Tromey, Vincent Broman, Wolfgang
-Zekoll.
+Vons, Ian Lance Taylor, Jeremy Fitzhardinge, Marc Moorcroft, Mark H
+Wilkinson, Mark K Gardner, Raymond Venneker, Rich $alz, Rob Savoye,
+Scott Schwartz, Stefan Dalibor, Steve Simon, Tom Culliton, Tom Tromey,
+Vincent Broman, Wolfgang Zekoll.
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a650fe4..91de987 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -638,4 +638,6 @@ Changes since rc-1.5b2
   don't export `path'.
 
   Portability: add /usr/bsd to default default path.
-
\ No newline at end of file
+
+  Documentation: failing to search $path for a `.' command is at least
+  an incompatibility with Tenth Edition rc, and probably a bug.
diff --git a/rc.1 b/rc.1
index 516dd66..b872031 100644
--- a/rc.1
+++ b/rc.1
@@ -1958,14 +1958,19 @@ and
 .Cr $path
 are set,
 .I rc
-believes the former.  Arguably this is a bug, since although
+believes the former.  Arguably this is a bug:
 .I rc
 can quite happily deal with path elements that contain
 .Cr : ,
-such elements will be split at the colon in descendant
+but such elements will be split at the colon in descendant
 .I rc
 processes.
 .PP
+The
+.Cr .
+command should search
+.Cr $path .
+.PP
 Bug reports should be mailed to
 .Cr "<tjg@star.le.ac.uk>" .
 .SH INCOMPATIBILITIES
@@ -1973,7 +1978,7 @@ Here is a list of features which distinguish this incarnation of
 .I rc
 from the one described in the Bell Labs manual pages:
 .PP
-The v10
+The Tenth Edition
 .I rc
 does not have the
 .B else
@@ -1987,12 +1992,25 @@ if the preceding
 .B if
 test does not succeed.
 .PP
-Backquotes are slightly different in v10
+Backquotes are slightly different in Tenth Edition
 .IR rc :
 a backquote must always be followed by a left-brace.
 This restriction is not present for single-word commands in this
 .IR rc .
 .PP
+For
+.Cr . 
+.IR file ,
+the Tenth Edition
+.IR rc
+searches
+.Cr $path
+for
+.IR file .
+This
+.I rc
+does not; this is a bug.
+.PP
 The list flattening operator,
 .Cr $^foo ,
 is spelt