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Re: problem redeclaring path variable (ksh incompatibility)

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From: Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>
To: Michael Wardle <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: problem redeclaring path variable (ksh incompatibility)
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 10:52:38 +0000
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Bart Schaefer wrote:
> Hence the "path" variable exists and is special and may
> only be overridden locally to a function by using "typeset -h path=...".

Or you can run

typeset -h path

on the existing path variable in the main shell, e.g. at startup.  Then
you don't have to alter the function.

-- 
Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>                  Software Engineer
CSR PLC, Churchill House, Cambridge Business Park, Cowley Road
Cambridge, CB4 0WZ, UK                          Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070

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References:
- problem redeclaring path variable (ksh incompatibility)
  - From: Michael Wardle
- Re: problem redeclaring path variable (ksh incompatibility)
  - From: Bart Schaefer

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