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<h1 class="chapter">5 Files</h1>
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<h2 class="section">5.1 Startup/Shutdown Files</h2>
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<p>Commands are first read from <tt>/etc/zshenv</tt>; this cannot be overridden.
Subsequent behaviour is modified by the <tt>RCS</tt> and
<tt>GLOBAL_RCS</tt> options; the former affects all startup files, while the
second only affects global startup files (those shown here with an
path starting with a <tt>/</tt>). 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 <tt>$ZDOTDIR</tt> to
re-enable <tt>GLOBAL_RCS</tt>. Both <tt>RCS</tt> and <tt>GLOBAL_RCS</tt> are set by
default.
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<p>Commands are then read from <tt>$ZDOTDIR/.zshenv</tt>.
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If the shell is a login shell, commands
are read from <tt>/etc/zprofile</tt> and then <tt>$ZDOTDIR/.zprofile</tt>.
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Then, if the shell is interactive,
commands are read from <tt>/etc/zshrc</tt> and then <tt>$ZDOTDIR/.zshrc</tt>.
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Finally, if the shell is a login shell, <tt>/etc/zlogin</tt> and
<tt>$ZDOTDIR/.zlogin</tt> are read.
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<p>When a login shell exits, the files <tt>$ZDOTDIR/.zlogout</tt> and then
<tt>/etc/zlogout</tt> are read. This happens with either an explicit exit
via the <tt>exit</tt> or <tt>logout</tt> commands, or an implicit exit by reading
end-of-file from the terminal. However, if the shell terminates due
to <tt>exec</tt>’ing another process, the logout files are not read.
These are also affected by the <tt>RCS</tt> and <tt>GLOBAL_RCS</tt> options.
Note also that the <tt>RCS</tt> option affects the saving of history files,
i.e. if <tt>RCS</tt> is unset when the shell exits, no history file will be
saved.
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<p>If <tt>ZDOTDIR</tt> is unset, <tt>HOME</tt> is used instead.
Files listed above as being in <tt>/etc</tt> may be in another
directory, depending on the installation.
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<p>As <tt>/etc/zshenv</tt> 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 code that does not need to be run for every single shell behind
a test of the form ‘<tt>if [[ -o rcs ]]; then ...</tt>’ so that it will not
be executed when zsh is invoked with the ‘<tt>-f</tt>’ option.
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<h2 class="section">5.2 Files</h2>
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<dt><tt>$ZDOTDIR/.zshenv</tt></dt>
<dt><tt>$ZDOTDIR/.zprofile</tt></dt>
<dt><tt>$ZDOTDIR/.zshrc</tt></dt>
<dt><tt>$ZDOTDIR/.zlogin</tt></dt>
<dt><tt>$ZDOTDIR/.zlogout</tt></dt>
<dt><tt>${TMPPREFIX}*</tt> (default is /tmp/zsh*)</dt>
<dt><tt>/etc/zshenv</tt></dt>
<dt><tt>/etc/zprofile</tt></dt>
<dt><tt>/etc/zshrc</tt></dt>
<dt><tt>/etc/zlogin</tt></dt>
<dt><tt>/etc/zlogout</tt> (installation-specific - <tt>/etc</tt> is the default)</dt>
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<p>Any of these files may be pre-compiled with the <tt>zcompile</tt> builtin
command (<a href="Shell-Builtin-Commands.html#Shell-Builtin-Commands">Shell Builtin Commands</a>). If a compiled file exists (named for the original file plus the
<tt>.zwc</tt> extension) and it is newer than the original file, the compiled
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