set [ {+|-}options | {+|-}o [ option_name ] ] ... [ {+|-}A [ name ] ] [
arg ... ]
       Set the options for the shell and/or set the positional  parame-
       ters,  or  declare and set an array.  If the -s option is given,
       it causes the specified arguments to be sorted before  assigning
       them to the positional parameters (or to the array name if -A is
       used).  With +s sort arguments in  descending  order.   For  the
       meaning  of  the  other  flags, see zshoptions(1).  Flags may be
       specified by name using the -o option. If no option name is sup-
       plied  with  -o, the current option states are printed:  see the
       description of setopt below for more information on the  format.
       With  +o they are printed in a form that can be used as input to
       the shell.

       If the -A flag is specified, name is set to an array  containing
       the  given args; if no name is specified, all arrays are printed
       together with their values.

       If +A is used and name is an array,  the  given  arguments  will
       replace the initial elements of that array; if no name is speci-
       fied, all arrays are printed without their values.

       The behaviour of arguments after -A name or +A name  depends  on
       whether  the  option  KSH_ARRAYS  is set.  If it is not set, all
       arguments following name are treated as values  for  the  array,
       regardless  of  their form.  If the option is set, normal option
       processing continues at that point; only regular  arguments  are
       treated as values for the array.  This means that

              set -A array -x -- foo

       sets array to `-x -- foo' if KSH_ARRAYS is not set, but sets the
       array to foo and turns on the option `-x' if it is set.

       If the -A flag is not present, but there  are  arguments  beyond
       the  options,  the positional parameters are set.  If the option
       list (if any) is terminated by `--', and there  are  no  further
       arguments, the positional parameters will be unset.

       If no arguments and no `--' are given, then the names and values
       of all parameters are printed on the standard  output.   If  the
       only argument is `+', the names of all parameters are printed.

       For historical reasons, `set -' is treated as `set +xv' and `set
       - args' as `set +xv -- args' when in any  other  emulation  mode
       than zsh's native mode.
