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| author | tjg <tjg> | 1999-10-14 15:50:15 +0000 |
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| committer | Toby Goodwin <toby@paccrat.org> | 2015-05-16 21:23:17 +0100 |
| commit | e8120f8f2372162fa02ccb7120758aaade587b5e (patch) | |
| tree | 0a414463120bc130c974e4cf6368201fe8f27fa8 /rc.1 | |
| parent | d20276b6f2f37e349a8929b4e60a6111da19de35 (diff) | |
Documentation: failing to search $path for a `.' command is at least
an incompatibility with Tenth Edition rc, and probably a bug.
Diffstat (limited to 'rc.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | rc.1 | 26 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -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 |