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Comments: In reply to Amol Deshpande <amold@microsoft.com>
        "RE: zsh for win32 - installation of zshrc" (Sep 14, 11:40am)
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On Sep 14, 11:40am, Amol Deshpande wrote:
> Subject: RE: zsh for win32 - installation of zshrc
> 
> If ZSHDOTDIR is set, zsh sets home to "youdonthavehomeset". This
> is to avoid crashing in places where the shell expects a home directory.
> Picking a real default would defeat the purpose of not setting home.
> 
> 
> (that means you can set ZSHDOTDIR instead of HOME for your startup files)

That should say ZDOTDIR, shouldn't it?  -Not- ZSHDOTDIR?