From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 19448 invoked from network); 8 Dec 1997 11:42:32 -0000 Received: from math.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 8 Dec 1997 11:42:32 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by math.gatech.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA07466; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 06:27:33 -0500 (EST) Resent-Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 06:23:39 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199712081124.GAA02299@luomat.peak.org> Content-Type: text/plain MIME-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 4.1mach v148) X-Image-URL: http://www.peak.org/~luomat/next/luomat@peak.org.tiff In-Reply-To: <199712081115.LAA29680@taos.demon.co.uk> X-Nextstep-Mailer: Mail 4.1mach (Enhance 2.1) From: Timothy J Luoma Date: Mon, 8 Dec 97 06:24:17 -0500 To: Andrew Main Subject: Re: help with understanding diffs in startup files cc: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu References: <199712081115.LAA29680@taos.demon.co.uk> X-Image-URL-Disclaimer: hey, it's off my student ID, gimme a break ;-) Resent-Message-ID: <"bvAN6.0.Sm1.wYzYq"@math> Resent-From: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/1187 X-Loop: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu Author: Andrew Main Original-Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 11:15:09 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <199712081115.LAA29680@taos.demon.co.uk> > It is a particular problem with Slackware. This is Redhat I think > >Anyway, the only systemwide I can find is /etc/zprofile, and it isn't in > >there. > > /etc/zlogin, /etc/zshrc and /etc/zshenv are also used if present. None of them are. I've always just used one init file. Perhaps this would be a good time to learn what should go in what file. Where should variables go? functions? aliases? bindkeys? I am tempted to put them in .zlogin since that is read last but that is probably not right. TjL