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| author | Tanaka Akira <akr@users.sourceforge.net> | 1999-09-03 15:56:04 +0000 |
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| committer | Tanaka Akira <akr@users.sourceforge.net> | 1999-09-03 15:56:04 +0000 |
| commit | cef45cd543c1c8ac2da327803ac878a87435329f (patch) | |
| tree | 6d1a8fa46efe6ab9e4f5876a79f13e5e4998f6c7 /Doc/Zsh/expn.yo | |
| parent | 051884d7fd21e87ee1f3d5305ac76c81102853ab (diff) | |
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diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo index 7baa42b8c..b548770a2 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo @@ -1107,9 +1107,13 @@ If the tt(KSH_GLOB) option is set, then a the `tt(LPAR())' is treated specially, as detailed below. The option tt(SH_GLOB) prevents bare parentheses from being used in this way, though the tt(KSH_GLOB) option is still available. + Note that grouping cannot extend over multiple directories: it is an error -to have a `tt(/)' within a group (this only applies for patterns which -match filenames). +to have a `tt(/)' within a group (this only applies for patterns used in +filename generation). There is one exception: a group of the form +tt(LPAR())var(pat)tt(/RPAR()#) appearing as a complete path segment can +match a sequence of directories. For example, tt(foo/(a*/)#bar) matches +tt(foo/bar), tt(foo/any/bar), tt(foo/any/anyother/bar), and so on). ) item(var(x)tt(|)var(y))( Matches either var(x) or var(y). |