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Re: ZDOTDIR

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From: "V. L. Simpson" <vls@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: ZDOTDIR
Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 14:25:32 -0600 (CST)
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>>>>> "Shao" == Shao Zhang <shao@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

    Shao> Hi, According to the man pages, ZDOTDIR is the directory
    Shao> used by zsh to search for shell startup files(.zshrc etc).

    Shao> 	But, what is the ideal place to define this variable??
    Shao> I would really like to do it in .zshrc, but I cannot since
    Shao> zsh uses it to find where .zshrc is.

    Shao> 	Thanks for any help.

    Shao> Shao.
Put it in $HOME/.zshenv
Heres mine as an example

#!/bin/zsh
ZDOTDIR=~/.zshell
export X11HOME=/usr/X11
export TEXHOME=/usr/share/texmf

path=(~/bin .)
path=($path /bin /usr/bin)
path=($path $X11HOME/bin /usr/local/bin)
path=($path $TEXHOME/bin)

Vance

References:
- ZDOTDIR
  - From: Shao Zhang

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