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Old 03-12-2011
.zshrc not initialized
Hi, I just updated /etc/passwd so that my default shell is zsh. After I save and make a new connection I can echo $SHELL and see /usr/bin/zsh, but my prompt still looks like bash and some env var that I setup in my local .zshrc file are not set. If I type zsh, then my prompt changes and I have my env var set.

What am I missing here?
# 2  
Old 03-12-2011
What's the output of:

Code:
ps -p$$

How do you mean by "when I make a new connection"?
# 3  
Old 03-12-2011
ps -p$$ returns the following

Code:
$ ps -p$$
      PID    PPID    PGID     WINPID  TTY  UID    STIME COMMAND
     3220       1    3220       3220  con 1001 23:53:27 /usr/bin/bash

but echo $SHELL returns 
/usr/bin/zsh

When I say make new connection, I mean open up a new terminal window connecting to the server.
Last edited by radoulov; 03-12-2011 at 01:25 PM.. Reason: Code tags, please!
# 4  
Old 03-12-2011
You're running bash, not zsh.
Are you connecting to a remote machine or
you're just opening a new terminal window on
the local one?
# 5  
Old 03-12-2011
Yeah, you actually need to relogin to use your new shell.
# 6  
Old 03-12-2011
It's a cygwin install, I am opening a new cygwin window
# 7  
Old 03-13-2011
You need to modify the bat file that starts the shell and set zsh there,
this is the content of my Cygwin.bat in the install root directory
(c:\cygwin on my notebook):

Code:
@echo off

C:
chdir C:\cygwin\bin

rem bash --login -i

rxvt -e /bin/zsh --login -i

In addition I'm using the following .Xdefaults (to place in your home directory):

Code:
Rxvt*geometry: 135x40
Rxvt*background: #000020
Rxvt*foreground: #ffffbf
!Rxvt*borderColor: Blue
!Rxvt*scrollColor: Blue
!Rxvt*troughColor: Gray
Rxvt*scrollBar: True
Rxvt*scrollBar_right: True
! Rxvt*font: Lucida Console-12
Rxvt*font: fixedsys
Rxvt*SaveLines: 10000
Rxvt*loginShell: True
! VIM-like colors
Rxvt*color0: #000000
Rxvt*color1: #FFFFFF
Rxvt*color2: #00A800
Rxvt*color3: #FFFF00
Rxvt*color4: #0000A8
Rxvt*color5: #A800A8
Rxvt*color6: #00A8A8
Rxvt*color7: #D8D8D8
Rxvt*color8: #000000
Rxvt*color9: #FFFFFF
Rxvt*color10: #00A800
Rxvt*color11: #FFFF00
Rxvt*color12: #0000A8
Rxvt*color13: #A800A8
Rxvt*color14: #00A8A8
Rxvt*color15: #D8D8D8
! eof

 
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