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authorPeter Stephenson <pws@users.sourceforge.net>2010-03-16 22:44:08 +0000
committerPeter Stephenson <pws@users.sourceforge.net>2010-03-16 22:44:08 +0000
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@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ Note also the list of incompatibilities in the README file.
Changes between versions 4.3.10 and 4.3.11
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+When the shell is invoked with the base name of a script, for example as
+`zsh scriptname', previous versions of zsh have used the name directly,
+whereas other shells use the value of $PATH to find the script. The
+option PATH_SCRIPT has been added to provide the alternative behaviour.
+
The glob qualifier P can be used to add a separate word before each
match. For example, *(P:-f:) produces the command line
`-f file1 -f file2 ...'.
@@ -14,7 +19,8 @@ match. For example, *(P:-f:) produces the command line
The module zsh/system has a new "zsystem" builtin whose subcommands
perform system level tasks. Currently "zsystem flock" performs
advisory file locking. This is a particularly convenient way
-of locking files for the length of a subshell.
+of locking files for the length of a subshell. "zsystem supports flock"
+provides a test for this feature.
Changes between versions 4.3.9 and 4.3.10
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