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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo b/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo index e84084cd4..aca1cceca 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo @@ -1864,7 +1864,13 @@ be in a file with a name consisting of the specified var(name) followed by a standard suffix, usually `tt(.so)' (`tt(.sl)' on HPUX). If the module to be loaded is already loaded and the tt(-i) option is given, the duplicate module is -ignored. Otherwise tt(zmodload) prints an error message. +ignored. Otherwise tt(zmodload) prints an error message and returns +a non-zero status. The current code block is not aborted unless +tt(zmodload) detects an inconsistency, such as an invalid module name +or circular dependency list. Hence `tt(zmodload -i) var(module) +tt(2>/dev/null)' is sufficient to test whether a module is available. +If it is available, the module is loaded if necessary, while if it +is not available, non-zero status is silently returned. The var(name)d module is searched for in the same way a command is, using tt($module_path) instead of tt($path). However, the path search is |