From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29804 invoked from network); 25 Mar 1999 00:48:58 -0000 Received: from sunsite.auc.dk (130.225.51.30) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 25 Mar 1999 00:48:58 -0000 Received: (qmail 18147 invoked by alias); 25 Mar 1999 00:47:46 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.auc.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 2231 Received: (qmail 18140 invoked from network); 25 Mar 1999 00:47:44 -0000 To: zsh-users@sunsite.auc.dk Sender: monnier@tequila.cs.yale.edu From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: lists.zsh.users Subject: Re: zsh startup files References: <5l90cmijvs.fsf@tequila.cs.yale.edu> <19990324181547.A4700@astaroth.nit.gwu.edu> Date: 24 Mar 1999 19:47:31 -0500 Message-ID: <5l7ls6iee4.fsf@tequila.cs.yale.edu> X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.5/Emacs 20.3 Path: tequila.cs.yale.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: tequila.cs.yale.edu X-Trace: 24 Mar 1999 19:47:32 -0500, tequila.cs.yale.edu >>>>> "Sweth" == Sweth Chandramouli writes: > 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. in other words, if your sysadmin is setting PATH and umask > in /etc/zshrc, try setting it to your value in your own .zshrc instead of > your . .zprofile. Which means: 1 - if my sysadmin is stupid and places things wrong, I have to do the same. 2 - that I can't use the same scripts on different systems. And you're just giving me a workaround for the current situation, not a justification for why it is that way in the first place. Stefan