From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: zsh-workers-request@euclid.skiles.gatech.edu Received: from euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (list@euclid.skiles.gatech.edu [130.207.146.50]) by coral.primenet.com.au (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA14837 for ; Sun, 20 Oct 1996 09:15:40 +1000 (EST) Received: (from list@localhost) by euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) id TAA04226; Sat, 19 Oct 1996 19:13:18 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 19:04:28 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU: nmj3e owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 19:04:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Nate Johnston X-Sender: nmj3e@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU To: ZSH Users Subject: Zsh startup files Message-ID: X-URL: http://128.143.22.134/~nmj3e/ MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Resent-Message-ID: <"4O0yK1.0.X01.yvLQo"@euclid> Resent-From: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/447 X-Loop: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu Hi there. I'm something of a beginning user, so I am not entirely sure if this is the correct forum for this question. But I have two. * my .zshenv contains things that will be used in all of my scripts and shells, and the rest of the startup files seem only to be used for shells. Is there any real difference in the function of .zprofile, .zshrc, etc? * How would I program a prompting mechanism, i.e. put up a prompt and wait for input that would be put into an env var in a script? The "read" documentation is unclear and I can't figure it out. Thanks a bunch for helping a (relative) newbie! --N.