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 WAA12529 for ; Sat, 19 Oct 1996 22:46:25 +1000 (EST) Received: (from list@localhost) by euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) id IAA27233; Sat, 19 Oct 1996 08:44:45 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 08:35:40 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 14:35:08 +0200 (MET DST) From: Swen Thuemmler To: luomat@nerc.com cc: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu Subject: Re: using old zsh (login shell) to launch new zsh (not in /etc/shells) In-Reply-To: <199610182001.QAA00887@nerc3.nerc.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Resent-Message-ID: <"k4IW21.0.mc6.RiCQo"@euclid> Resent-From: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/444 X-Loop: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu On Fri, 18 Oct 1996, Timothy J. Luoma wrote: [...] > exec '/usr/local/luomat/bin/zsh-3.0.0 -l' > fi > fi > > I want to start 3.0.0 as a LOGIN shell, so it will souce .zshenv > > However, it does not work, it says that > '/usr/local/luomat/bin/zsh-3.0.0 -l' doesn't work because there is > "no such file" Which is correct, since you asked the shell to exec the file '/usr/local/luomat/bin/zsh-3.0.0 -l' (with the blank and the -l). Just remove the quotes, and it should work: exec '/usr/local/luomat/bin/zsh-3.0.0 -l' Greetings, Swen