users/19682: document recommended use of whence

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Peter Stephenson 2015-01-04 00:28:03 +00:00
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2015-01-04 Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@ntlworld.com>
* users/19682: Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo: document recommended use of
whence.
2015-01-02 Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@ntlworld.com>
* 19671: Src/builtin.c: whence -a should still work if there's a
full path already.
* users/19671: Src/builtin.c: whence -a should still work if
there's a full path already.
* users/19667: Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo, Src/builtin.c, Src/utils.c:
whence -S shows intermediate steps in symlink expansion.

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@ -2087,6 +2087,11 @@ item(tt(whence) [ tt(-vcwfpamsS) ] var(name) ...)(
For each name, indicate how it would be interpreted if used as a
command name.
tt(whence) is most useful when var(name) is only the last path component
of a command, i.e. does not include a `tt(/)'; in particular, pattern
matching only succeeds if just the non-directory component of the command is
passed.
startitem()
item(tt(-v))(
Produce a more verbose report.
@ -2119,7 +2124,7 @@ throughout the command path.
Normally only the first occurrence is printed.
)
item(tt(-m))(
The arguments are taken as patterns (should be
The arguments are taken as patterns (pattern characters should be
quoted), and the information is displayed for each command matching one
of these patterns.
)