From b71a632d2f0100e46963faa64684456e49bc1791 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Stephenson Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 16:13:17 +0000 Subject: 22118: fix cdpath documentation --- Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo | 22 ++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'Doc') diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo b/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo index affe5b610..73c8a8358 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo @@ -160,12 +160,22 @@ Change the current directory. In the first form, change the current directory to var(arg), or to the value of tt($HOME) if var(arg) is not specified. If var(arg) is `tt(-)', change to the value of tt($OLDPWD), the previous directory. -Otherwise, if a directory named var(arg) is not found in the current -directory and var(arg) does not begin with a slash, search each -component of the shell parameter tt(cdpath). If no directory is found -and the option tt(CDABLE_VARS) is set, and a parameter named var(arg) -exists whose value begins with a slash, treat its value as the -directory. In that case, the parameter is added to the named + +Otherwise, if var(arg) begins with a slash, attempt to change to the +director given by var(arg). + +If var(arg) does not begin with a slash, the behaviour depends on whether +the current directory `tt(.)' occurs in the list of directories contained +in the shell parameter tt(cdpath). If it does not, first attempt to change +to the directory var(arg) under the current directory, and if that fails +but tt(cdpath) is set and contains at least one element attempt to change +to the directory var(arg) under each component of tt(cdpath) in turn until +successful. If `tt(.)' occurs in tt(cdpath), then tt(cdpath) is searched +strictly in order so that `tt(.)' is only tried at the appropriate point. + +If no directory is found, the option tt(CDABLE_VARS) is set, and a +parameter named var(arg) exists whose value begins with a slash, treat its +value as the directory. In that case, the parameter is added to the named directory hash table. The second form of tt(cd) substitutes the string var(new) -- cgit 1.4.1