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| author | Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@ntlworld.com> | 2014-10-01 20:36:55 +0100 |
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| committer | Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@ntlworld.com> | 2014-10-01 20:36:55 +0100 |
| commit | 5e516898d73dd797248082daefeb4147ae20fec4 (patch) | |
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33312: document redirections applied to function definitions
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diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo b/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo index 9862c637e..41c189fe2 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo @@ -2174,6 +2174,20 @@ match one of these patterns will be written. If no var(name) is given, the definitions of all functions currently defined or marked as autoloaded will be written. +Note the second form cannot be used for compiling functions that +include redirections as part of the definition rather than within +the body of the function; for example + +example(fn1() { { ... } >~/logfile }) + +can be compiled but + +example(fn1() { ... } >~/logfile) + +cannot. It is possible to use the first form of tt(zcompile) to compile +autoloadable functions that include the full function definition instead +of just the body of the function. + The third form, with the tt(-t) option, examines an existing compiled file. Without further arguments, the names of the original files compiled into it are listed. The first line of output shows |