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| author | Peter Stephenson <pws@users.sourceforge.net> | 2008-08-06 19:51:04 +0000 |
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| committer | Peter Stephenson <pws@users.sourceforge.net> | 2008-08-06 19:51:04 +0000 |
| commit | c4f33330f6797d0c199abf522f79c3ccac88ed55 (patch) | |
| tree | de3b9cbfb26c313b774a3df1b63c8191dcebc775 /Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo | |
| parent | d026334a3b25a2150d59a3f53a20d39ddb96ab56 (diff) | |
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25409: fix eval's use of lastval
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diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo b/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo index d7e3526cb..bcd03be98 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo @@ -382,7 +382,10 @@ findex(eval) cindex(evaluating arguments as commands) item(tt(eval) [ var(arg) ... ])( Read the arguments as input to the shell and execute the resulting -command in the current shell process. +command(s) in the current shell process. The return status is the +same as if the commands had been executed directly by the shell; +if there are no var(args) or they contain no commands (i.e. are +an empty string or whitespace) the return status is zero. ) item(tt(exec) [ tt(-cl) ] [ tt(-a) var(argv0) ] var(simple command))( Replace the current shell with an external command rather than forking. |