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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index f8ecd456d..f8162f0a4 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2010-03-16 Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@ntlworld.com> + + * unposted: NEWS: PATH_SCRIPT + 2010-03-16 Peter Stephenson <pws@csr.com> * 27793 plus 27794, 27795: Doc/Zsh/invoke.yo, Doc/Zsh/options.yo, @@ -12909,5 +12913,5 @@ ***************************************************** * This is used by the shell to define $ZSH_PATCHLEVEL -* $Revision: 1.4932 $ +* $Revision: 1.4933 $ ***************************************************** diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index a2f86722c..8fd465780 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ Note also the list of incompatibilities in the README file. Changes between versions 4.3.10 and 4.3.11 ------------------------------------------ +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 ----------------------------------------- |