From: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
To: Christian Taylor <cht@chello.at>
Cc: "zsh-users" <zsh-users@sunsite.dk>
Subject: Re: Always showing short home directories
Date: 03 Feb 2005 16:37:25 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8765199n3u.fsf@ceramic.fifi.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200502031912.26120.cht@chello.at>
Christian Taylor <cht@chello.at> writes:
> Hi everyone,
>
> zsh displays the home directories of users in a shortened form (in a suitable
> prompt), but only after zsh "knows" about them, for instance after actually
> using the directory name in the shortened form or after doing a completion
> like this:
> % cd ~<TAB>
>
> What would be the best way to let zsh figure this out already when it starts?
Put:
: $userdirs
In your zshrc.
Be forewarned that this will enumerate all the passwd entries in your
system. If you're in a networked environment using nis/yp or ldap
with more than a few hundred users, this stanza could take a while to
run and use a lot of memory.
Phil.
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2005-02-03 18:12 Christian Taylor
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