RE: zsh as login shell
I started using zsh about 10 months ago myself. Now I can have my favorite ksh feature (two argument cd) as well as all the things I like in BASH. But I digress... I edited my /etc/profile, replacing bash with zsh, though that of course doesn't help me start ZSH from Windows. To get that, I copied the Shortcut created by Cygwin (the one that runs BASH) and changed the Target to: C:\cygwin\bin\zsh.exe -l -i -l is login -i is interactive (I suspect you don't need it) Although I probably have an unjustified aversion to adding layers of BAT-file abstraction. The "mkzsh" tool does sound easier. gsw -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: zsh as login shell
On Oct 25 11:38, Vaclav Haisman wrote: > > > On Mon, 24 Oct 2005, Thorsten Kampe wrote: > > >Urgh, /top-posting/, > Huh? http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TOFU Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: zsh as login shell
On Mon, 24 Oct 2005, Thorsten Kampe wrote: Urgh, /top-posting/, Huh? * Václav Haisman (2005-10-24 13:35 +0100) What about editing /etc/passwd? That's only used for remote logins (ssh, etc.) Vaclav Haisman -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: zsh as login shell
> Use mkzsh to do this. For help, type 'mkzsh --help' Thank you, this is exactly what I was looking for. > > It works kind of, but I can't get zsh executed as login > shell. The BAT > > file invoking the bash login shell calls bash using > > > > bash --login -i > > See the '-l' option of zsh in the manpages. Thank you, this works equally well. I had searched the manpages for this option, but overlooked it... Ronald -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: zsh as login shell
On Mon, 24 Oct 2005, Com MN PG P E B Consultant 3 wrote: Greetings, Ronald, I would like to have on my Windoze desktop an Icon for zsh running under Cygwin, similar to the standard Cygwin Icon which runs a bash login shell, so that I can choose whether to get a window using bash or using zsh. Use mkzsh to do this. For help, type 'mkzsh --help' eg: mkzsh --desktop It works kind of, but I can't get zsh executed as login shell. The BAT file invoking the bash login shell calls bash using bash --login -i See the '-l' option of zsh in the manpages. eg: zsh -l but zsh has no equivalent to the --login option, so I just use zsh -i which makes the shell interactive, but not login. Zsh considers itself a login shell iff it is called under a name starting with a dash. Is there an elegant solution to this problem? Of course I could cp -- zsh -zsh and call -zsh, but I would have then to redo this everytime I update zsh to a newer version. Another possibility would be to execute a shell script using bash and in this script do an exec -a -zsh zsh -I But maybe someone knows a better way to do this? Ronald -- Ronald Fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Peter A. Castro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Cats are just autistic Dogs" -- Dr. Tony Attwood -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: zsh as login shell
On Mon, 24 Oct 2005, Thorsten Kampe wrote: > * Igor Pechtchanski (2005-10-24 16:36 +0100) > > On Mon, 24 Oct 2005, Com MN PG P E B Consultant 3 wrote: > >> I would like to have on my Windoze desktop an Icon for zsh running under > >> Cygwin... > >> [snip] > >> Zsh considers itself a login shell iff it is called under a name > >> starting with a dash. > >> [snip] > >> Another possibility would be to execute a shell script using bash and in > >> this script do an > >> > >> exec -a -zsh zsh -I > >> > >> But maybe someone knows a better way to do this? > > > > The latter sounds like the best solution. You could do it directly from > > the batch file by using > > > > bash -c 'exec -l /usr/bin/zsh -i' > > zsh perfectly knows -l/--login. It's the "-i" that's not needed Thanks for the clarification, Thorsten. As I don't know anything about using zsh, I was suggesting a way of modifying cygwin.bat appropriately. The above method could be used for shells that don't understand --login (e.g., ash) or those where using the --login flag is inconvenient (e.g., when you want to pass more options to a tcsh login shell). Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! If there's any real truth it's that the entire multidimensional infinity of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs. /DA -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: zsh as login shell
* Igor Pechtchanski (2005-10-24 16:36 +0100) > On Mon, 24 Oct 2005, Com MN PG P E B Consultant 3 wrote: >> I would like to have on my Windoze desktop an Icon for zsh running under >> Cygwin... >> [snip] >> Zsh considers itself a login shell iff it is called under a name >> starting with a dash. >> [snip] >> Another possibility would be to execute a shell script using bash and in >> this script do an >> >> exec -a -zsh zsh -I >> >> But maybe someone knows a better way to do this? > > The latter sounds like the best solution. You could do it directly from > the batch file by using > > bash -c 'exec -l /usr/bin/zsh -i' zsh perfectly knows -l/--login. It's the "-i" that's not needed -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: zsh as login shell
* Com MN PG P E B Consultant 3 (2005-10-24 13:49 +0100) >> What about editing /etc/passwd? Pesonally, I use customized >> cygwin.bat. > > How exactly would this work? After all, we are talking about Windows > Batch skripts, > don't we? And they are not aware of /etc/passwd. > > But maybe I didn't get your point. How do you suggest that I should > modify my /etc/passwd? Why don't you try it, consultant?! There's actually just a single entry referring to a shell. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: zsh as login shell
Urgh, /top-posting/, * Václav Haisman (2005-10-24 13:35 +0100) > What about editing /etc/passwd? That's only used for remote logins (ssh, etc.) -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: zsh as login shell
* Com MN PG P E B Consultant 3 (2005-10-24 11:11 +0100) > I would like to have on my Windoze desktop an Icon for zsh running under > > Cygwin, similar to the standard Cygwin Icon which runs a bash login > shell, > so that I can choose whether to get a window using bash or using zsh. mkzsh > It works kind of, but I can't get zsh executed as login shell. The BAT > file > invoking the bash login shell calls bash using > > bash --login -i > > but zsh has no equivalent to the --login option, so I just use > > zsh -i Please, start making sense: zsh --help | grep -- --login > But maybe someone knows a better way to do this? Start reading the fine zsh manual *now*, please -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: zsh as login shell
On Mon, 24 Oct 2005, Com MN PG P E B Consultant 3 wrote: > I would like to have on my Windoze desktop an Icon for zsh running under > Cygwin... > [snip] > Zsh considers itself a login shell iff it is called under a name > starting with a dash. > [snip] > Another possibility would be to execute a shell script using bash and in > this script do an > > exec -a -zsh zsh -I > > But maybe someone knows a better way to do this? The latter sounds like the best solution. You could do it directly from the batch file by using bash -c 'exec -l /usr/bin/zsh -i' HTH, Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! If there's any real truth it's that the entire multidimensional infinity of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs. /DA -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: zsh as login shell
Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Oct 24 14:49, Com MN PG P E B Consultant 3 wrote: What about editing /etc/passwd? Pesonally, I use customized cygwin.bat. How exactly would this work? After all, we are talking about Windows Batch skripts, don't we? And they are not aware of /etc/passwd. But maybe I didn't get your point. How do you suggest that I should modify my /etc/passwd? Using an editor? Corinna I think he means what modifications should he make.. -- Spinning complacently in the darkness, covered and blinded by a blanket of little lives, false security has lulled the madness of this world into a slumber. Wake up! An eye is upon you, staring straight down and keenly through, seeing all that you are and everything that you will never be. Yes, an eye is upon you, an eye ready to blink. So face forward, with arms wide open and mind reeling. Your future has arrived... Are you ready to go? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: zsh as login shell
On Oct 24 14:49, Com MN PG P E B Consultant 3 wrote: > > What about editing /etc/passwd? Pesonally, I use customized > > cygwin.bat. > > How exactly would this work? After all, we are talking about Windows > Batch skripts, > don't we? And they are not aware of /etc/passwd. > > But maybe I didn't get your point. How do you suggest that I should > modify my /etc/passwd? Using an editor? Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: zsh as login shell
> What about editing /etc/passwd? Pesonally, I use customized > cygwin.bat. How exactly would this work? After all, we are talking about Windows Batch skripts, don't we? And they are not aware of /etc/passwd. But maybe I didn't get your point. How do you suggest that I should modify my /etc/passwd? Ronald -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: zsh as login shell
What about editing /etc/passwd? Pesonally, I use customized cygwin.bat. Václav Hasiman Com MN PG P E B Consultant 3 wrote: > I would like to have on my Windoze desktop an Icon for zsh running under > > Cygwin, similar to the standard Cygwin Icon which runs a bash login > shell, > so that I can choose whether to get a window using bash or using zsh. > > It works kind of, but I can't get zsh executed as login shell. The BAT > file > invoking the bash login shell calls bash using > > bash --login -i > > but zsh has no equivalent to the --login option, so I just use > > zsh -i > > which makes the shell interactive, but not login. Zsh considers itself a > login > shell iff it is called under a name starting with a dash. > > Is there an elegant solution to this problem? Of course I could > > cp -- zsh -zsh > > and call -zsh, but I would have then to redo this everytime I update zsh > to a > newer version. Another possibility would be to execute a shell script > using > bash and in this script do an > > exec -a -zsh zsh -I > > But maybe someone knows a better way to do this? > > Ronald signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
