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< li > < a href = "#51-startupshutdown-files" > 5.1 Startup/Shutdown Files< / a > < / li >
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< h2 id = "51-startupshutdown-files" > < a class = "header" href = "#51-startupshutdown-files" > 5.1 Startup/Shutdown Files< / a > < / h2 >
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< p > < span id = "index-files_002c-startup" > < / span > < span
id="index-startup-files">< / span > < span
id="index-files_002c-shutdown">< / span > < span
id="index-shutdown-files">< / span > < span
id="index-RCS_002c-use-of">< / span > < span
id="index-GLOBAL_005fRCS_002c-use-of">< / span > < span
id="index-NO_005fRCS_002c-use-of">< / span > < span
id="index-NO_005fGLOBAL_005fRCS_002c-use-of">< / span > < span
id="index-ZDOTDIR_002c-use-of">< / span > < span id = "index-zshenv" > < / span > < / p >
< p > Commands are first read from /etc/zshenv; this cannot be overridden.
Subsequent behaviour is modified by the RCS and GLOBAL_RCS options; the
former affects all startup files, while the second only affects global
startup files (those shown here with an path starting with a /). If one
of the options is unset at any point, any subsequent startup file(s) of
the corresponding type will not be read. It is also possible for a file
in $ZDOTDIR to re-enable GLOBAL_RCS. Both RCS and GLOBAL_RCS are set by
default.< / p >
< p > Commands are then read from $ZDOTDIR/.zshenv. < span
id="index-LOGIN_002c-use-of">< / span > < span id = "index-zprofile" > < / span >
If the shell is a login shell, commands are read from /etc/zprofile and
then $ZDOTDIR/.zprofile. < span id = "index-zshrc" > < / span > Then, if the
shell is interactive, commands are read from /etc/zshrc and then
$ZDOTDIR/.zshrc. < span id = "index-zlogin" > < / span > Finally, if the shell
is a login shell, /etc/zlogin and $ZDOTDIR/.zlogin are read.< / p >
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< p > < span id = "index-zlogout" > < / span > < / p >
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< p > When a login shell exits, the files $ZDOTDIR/.zlogout and then
/etc/zlogout are read. This happens with either an explicit exit via the
exit or logout commands, or an implicit exit by reading end-of-file from
the terminal. However, if the shell terminates due to exec’
process, the logout files are not read. These are also affected by the
RCS and GLOBAL_RCS options. Note also that the RCS option affects the
saving of history files, i.e. if RCS is unset when the shell exits, no
history file will be saved.< / p >
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< p > < span id = "index-HOME_002c-use-of" > < / span > < / p >
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< p > If ZDOTDIR is unset, HOME is used instead. Files listed above as being
in /etc may be in another directory, depending on the installation.< / p >
< p > As /etc/zshenv is run for all instances of zsh, it is important that it
be kept as small as possible. In particular, it is a good idea to put
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code that does not need to be run for every single shell behind a test
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of the form ‘ ’
executed when zsh is invoked with the ‘ ’ < / p >
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< hr / >
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< p > < span id = "Files-1" > < / span > < / p >
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< h2 id = "52-files" > < a class = "header" href = "#52-files" > 5.2 Files< / a > < / h2 >
< p > < span id = "index-files-used" > < / span > < / p >
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< p > $ZDOTDIR/.zshenv< / p >
< p > $ZDOTDIR/.zprofile< / p >
< p > $ZDOTDIR/.zshrc< / p >
< p > $ZDOTDIR/.zlogin< / p >
< p > $ZDOTDIR/.zlogout< / p >
< p > ${TMPPREFIX}* (default is /tmp/zsh*)< / p >
< p > /etc/zshenv< / p >
< p > /etc/zprofile< / p >
< p > /etc/zshrc< / p >
< p > /etc/zlogin< / p >
< p > /etc/zlogout (installation-specific - /etc is the default)< / p >
< p > Any of these files may be pre-compiled with the zcompile builtin command
(< a href = "Shell-Builtin-Commands.html#Shell-Builtin-Commands" > Shell Builtin
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Commands< / a > ). If a
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compiled file exists (named for the original file plus the .zwc
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extension) and it is newer than the original file, the compiled file
will be used instead.< / p >
< hr / >
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< p > This document was generated on < em > May 14, 2022< / em > using < a href = "http://www.nongnu.org/texi2html/" > < em > texi2html
5.0< / em > < / a > .< br / >
Zsh version 5.9, released on May 14, 2022.< / p >
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