using old zsh (login shell) to launch new zsh (not in /etc/shells)

using old zsh (login shell) to launch new zsh (not in /etc/shells)

[Timothy J. Luoma]

I've got an account where they are running a 2.5.x version of ZSH.

I want to run 3.0.0

How can I launch 3.0.0 from my .zshenv without going into a loop  
(and making sure the zsh exist?

/usr/local/bin/zsh 		
	is the old one, and is in /etc/shells

/usr/local/luomat/bin/zsh-3.0.0
	is the new one and is NOT in /etc/shells (and I can't add it)

I thought I could do this:

if [ "$ZSH_VERSION" != "3.0.0" ]
then

	if [ -x /usr/local/luomat/bin/zsh-3.0.0 ]
	then
		exec '/usr/local/luomat/bin/zsh-3.0.0 -l'
	fi
fi

I want to start 3.0.0 as a LOGIN shell, so it will souce .zshenv

However, it does not work, it says that  
'/usr/local/luomat/bin/zsh-3.0.0 -l' doesn't work because there is  
"no such file"

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks
TjL

ps -- please CC me, as I seem to no longer be part of the list (I'm  
trying to get back on)

SOLVED (Re: using old zsh (login shell) to launch new zsh (not in /etc/shells))

[Timothy J. Luoma]

Thanks to Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> who figured out that it  
was because I had changed my $ZDOTDIR that my .zshenv was not being  
seen.

It is working perfectly now.

Many thanks!

TjL

Re: using old zsh (login shell) to launch new zsh (not in /etc/shells)

[Swen Thuemmler]

On Fri, 18 Oct 1996, Timothy J. Luoma wrote:

[...]
> 		exec '/usr/local/luomat/bin/zsh-3.0.0 -l'
> 	fi
> fi
> 
> I want to start 3.0.0 as a LOGIN shell, so it will souce .zshenv
> 
> However, it does not work, it says that  
> '/usr/local/luomat/bin/zsh-3.0.0 -l' doesn't work because there is  
> "no such file"

Which is correct, since you asked the shell to exec the file
'/usr/local/luomat/bin/zsh-3.0.0 -l' (with the blank and the -l). Just
remove the quotes, and it should work:
              exec '/usr/local/luomat/bin/zsh-3.0.0 -l'

Greetings, Swen

Re: using old zsh (login shell) to launch new zsh (not in /etc/shells)

[Swen Thuemmler]

On Sat, 19 Oct 1996, Swen Thuemmler wrote:

> remove the quotes, and it should work:
>               exec '/usr/local/luomat/bin/zsh-3.0.0 -l'

Oops, the evils of cut'n'paste. Should of course be

              exec /usr/local/luomat/bin/zsh-3.0.0 -l

without the quotes...

--Swen