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NEWS: PATH_SCRIPT

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2010-03-16 Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@ntlworld.com>
* unposted: NEWS: PATH_SCRIPT
2010-03-16 Peter Stephenson <pws@csr.com>
* 27793 plus 27794, 27795: Doc/Zsh/invoke.yo, Doc/Zsh/options.yo,
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* This is used by the shell to define $ZSH_PATCHLEVEL
* $Revision: 1.4932 $
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Changes between versions 4.3.10 and 4.3.11
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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 ...'.
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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
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