From e8120f8f2372162fa02ccb7120758aaade587b5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tjg <tjg>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 15:50:15 +0000
Subject:   Documentation: failing to search $path for a `.' command is at
 least   an incompatibility with Tenth Edition rc, and probably a bug.

---
 rc.1 | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

(limited to 'rc.1')

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
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