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Re: [[ -o interactive ]] vs if [[ -o login ]]?

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From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [[ -o interactive ]] vs if [[ -o login ]]?
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 03:28:22 +0200
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On 2011-08-14 17:12:48 -0700, Bart Schaefer wrote:
> The intent is that certain environment setup can be done once when the
> user first logs in, and then not done again.  Under a windowing system,
> the session manager is usually responsible for that one-time setup, but
> for remote shells it may still be useful to have the shell do it.

But since non-interactive shells aren't normally login shells, one may
need to set up the environment directly from the .zshenv file. This is
useful when running commands via ssh:

  ssh host some_command_started_by_zsh

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References:
- [[ -o interactive ]] vs if [[ -o login ]]?
  - From: TJ Luoma
- Re: [[ -o interactive ]] vs if [[ -o login ]]?
  - From: Bart Schaefer

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