When you set an option with *setopt*, that sets it for the shell you are
already in and typing commands to.

When you run */bin/zsh* as a command, you are starting up a brand new shell
that does not inherit those options.

*zsh% setopt pathscript                *
*zsh% set -o | grep pathscript         *
*pathscript            on*
*zsh% zsh -c 'set -o | grep pathscript'*
*pathscript            off*


So doing *setopt pathscript* has no effect whatsoever on what a
subsequent */bin/zsh
some_script* will do. You have to do this instead:

*/bin/zsh -o pathscript some_script*



On Fri, Jan 26, 2024 at 10:50 AM Steve Dondley <s@dondley.com> wrote:

>
>
> You have this almost correct.  Sourcing for interactive mode has
> nothing to do with it.  It always applies to the scriptname argument
> passed to a new zsh, so it has to be in effect before zsh searches for
> the script.
>
>
> I may not be following you here.
>
> If I have a script at ./dir/some_script and I do:
>
> > PATH=./dir
> > setopt pathscript
>
> Then do
>
> > /bin/zsh some_script
>
> It will not look for the script in $PATH as far as I can tell and fails
> with zsh: can't open input file: some_script
>
> You are saying my last command above should work with pathscript on?
>


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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@gmail.com>