From db40de0af33e1b370009fb5e239c01c748a94ca7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Stephenson Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:44:08 +0000 Subject: NEWS: PATH_SCRIPT --- NEWS | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'NEWS') 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 ----------------------------------------- -- cgit 1.4.1