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Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 14:17:14 -0600
From: "Larry P . Schrof" <schrof@cig.mot.com>
To: zsh-users@sunsite.auc.dk
Subject: Setting paths with ~'s in values.
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I have many different machine that I have accouts on, so I conditionally
set my path with the following in my .zshenv ...

---
# Generate a nice-looking path, including only directories that exist.
for t_path in "${(f)$(<${HOME}/.zpaths)}"
do
    if 
        [[ -d $t_path ]]
    then 
        PATH=${PATH}:${~t_path}
    fi
done

PATH=${PATH[2,-1]}	# Nuke the leading ':'
---

.zpaths is a file that contains one directory per line.
It starts with the following entries:

~/bin
~/loc/bin
~/loc/X11R6/bin
...

>>From the man page, I was under the impression that putting the ~
before the variable would expand the '~' in each of those paths.
Apparently, it does not. I could probably make a variable substituion
from '~' to ${HOME}, but it seems like there should be a more elegant way
to do it. Obiously, I don't want to explicitly enter the full path of
${HOME} in .zpaths.

Suggestions?

Thanks
- Larry