[gobolinux-devel] env vars in /etc/zprofile instead of zshrc

[Jonatan Liljedahl]

Michael Homer wrote:
...
>>  I still don't get the reason why env stuff shouldn't be in zprofile,
>>  since it seems to work in all cases. (It *is* read by interactive shells
>>  too, as promised in the zsh manpages)
>
> I don't have time to reply to the rest of it right now (out the door
> in a couple of minutes), and Nick looked to have a reasonable response
> below, but that just isn't true. zprofile is *not* read by interactive
> shells, as promised by the zsh manpages. Only by login shells. But if
> there's a login shell somewhere up the hierarchy (either an
> interactive or noninteractive one), PATH and so forth should be
> inherited by the usual mechanisms and work.

At least mine *does* read zprofile in interactive shells: I put echo
lines at the end of my .zshrc and .zprofile and when I now launch an
xterm -ls I get this:

reading .zprofile
reading .zshrc
lijon at Kymatix ~]

And this is supported by the docs, from the zshall manpage, section
STARTUP/SHUTDOWN FILES:

"If the shell is a login shell,  commands  are read from /etc/zprofile
and then $ZDOTDIR/.zprofile.  Then, if the shell is interactive,
commands  are  read  from  /etc/zshrc  and  then  $ZDOTDIR/.zshrc."

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/Jonatan         [ http://kymatica.com ]