From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 996 invoked from network); 25 Mar 1999 02:21:19 -0000 Received: from sunsite.auc.dk (130.225.51.30) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 25 Mar 1999 02:21:18 -0000 Received: (qmail 22207 invoked by alias); 25 Mar 1999 02:20:09 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.auc.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 2232 Received: (qmail 22188 invoked from network); 25 Mar 1999 02:20:07 -0000 From: Jason Price Message-Id: <199903250220.VAA12122@gypsy.cad.gatech.edu> Subject: Re: zsh startup files To: sweth@astaroth.nit.gwu.edu (Sweth Chandramouli) Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 21:20:03 -0500 (EST) Cc: zsh-users@sunsite.auc.dk In-Reply-To: <19990324181547.A4700@astaroth.nit.gwu.edu> from "Sweth Chandramouli" at Mar 24, 99 06:15:47 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >> /etc/zshenv ~/.zshenv /etc/zprofile ~/.zprofile /etc/zshrc ~/.zshrc ... >> I suggest >> /etc/zshenv /etc/zprofile /etc/zshrc /etc/zlogin ~/.zshenv ~/.zprofile ... > i think the idea is that the same sorts of commands will go in the > equivalent system-wide and user-specific files, so that by sourcing the > user files right after the relevant system files, the user can always override > the system options. I think the origional poster has a point. Say you set something in .zshenv that causes /etc/zshrc to break. (Like blowing away $PATH) Any thoughts? Jason -- "Do not confuse Repentance with Disgust: for one comes from the Landlord, and the other is from the Enemy." --C.S. Lewis _The_Pilgrim's_Regress_ Jason Price jprice@gatech.edu Christian, Catholic, Sysadmin, Linux installer, Theta Xi, Atlanta-TEC.