stupid scripting question: zsh
David Benfell
benfell at parts-unknown.org
Tue Jan 30 01:12:48 UTC 2007
On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:19:40 -0600, Dan Nelson wrote:
> In the last episode (Jan 29), David Benfell said:
> > I've been upgrading my FreeBSD system into a fully-fledged desktop
> > system.
> >
> > zsh as installed (from the port) seems only to recognize the
> > /etc/zshenv startup file. And I needed an stty command to get proper
> > backspace/delete behavior. Because only the /etc/zshenv file seemed
> > to be recognized, I had to put the stty command in it.
>
> I'd start by figuring out why the other zsh startup scripts aren't
> being read. I install zsh from ports on all my systems and haven't
> seen this. Are you running zsh -f, or have you unset the RCS shell
> option from within zshenv? Either will prevent the other rc scripts
> from being loaded. If you run "truss -f -o log zsh", do you see it try
> to load zshrc?
>
Okay, I figured out how to run truss (yes, I had the PROCFS and PSEUDOFS
options in my kernel). Yes, it tries to access /etc/zshrc. I was trying
zlogin, which I had seen on a Linux system.
So I've made *this* change, and everything now works. Thanks!
> Anyway, here's how to emulate zprofile, zshrc, and zlogin from within
> zshenv (untested). Stick this at the bottom of your zshenv:
>
> if [[ -o rcs && -o login ]] ; then
> # code that would be better off in zprofile
> fi
> if [[ -o rcs && -o interactive ]] ; then
> # code that would be better off in zshrc
> fi
> if [[ -o rcs && -o login ]] ; then
> # code that would be better off in zlogin
> fi
>
Thanks!
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David Benfell, LCP
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