Re: command -p should enable builtins not in path

[Vincent Lefevre <vincent@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2020-08-21 16:49:06 +0100, Martijn Dekker wrote:
> Op 21-08-20 om 14:03 schreef Peter Stephenson:
> > I tend to agree there's not a lot of point in this incompatibility,
> > given where the "-p" flag originates --- it's a relatively late
> > addition to zsh.
> > 
> > Here's one possible fix.
> 
> It seems inconsistent/unexpected if 'command -p cd' works, but 'command cd'
> doesn't.

However, "command cd" is not guaranteed to work in a POSIX shell,
e.g. if $PATH has changed.

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