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| author | Peter Stephenson <pws@zsh.org> | 2016-02-09 16:03:36 +0000 |
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| committer | Peter Stephenson <pws@zsh.org> | 2016-02-09 16:03:36 +0000 |
| commit | db3f2d253cacd566f68ecc0dc942a596f89674df (patch) | |
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| parent | 95663e936596933d529a648ed3d6c707d1a1dffe (diff) | |
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37893: document typeset -U behaviour for PATH-style variables
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diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo b/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo index c425ff1cd..e3a6d564f 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo @@ -2001,6 +2001,11 @@ item(tt(-U))( For arrays (but not for associative arrays), keep only the first occurrence of each duplicated value. This may also be set for colon-separated special parameters like tt(PATH) or tt(FIGNORE), etc. +Note the flag takes effect on assignment, and the type of the +variable being assigned to is determinative; for variables with +shared values it is therefore recommended to set the flag for +all interfaces, e.g. `tt(typeset -U PATH path)'. + This flag has a different meaning when used with tt(-f); see below. ) item(tt(-Z) [ var(n) ])( |