[SOLVED].zprofile does not export custom $PATH

b42 · 2023-10-14 13:49:09

I have this line in my .zprofile file

export PATH="$PATH:${$(find ~/.local/bin -type d -printf %p:)%%:}"

but when I type echo $PATH I cannot see /.local/bin in my $PATH

Why?

Last edited by b42 (2023-10-16 14:06:57)

seth · 2023-10-14 14:23:01

.zprofile is only sourced by your zsh login shell, if you don't run it as login shell (eg. b/c you're usign some DM) it's inert.
In what context do you want the extended PATH? Interactive shells? => ~/.zshrc

b42 · 2023-10-14 14:37:28

zsh is my default shell.

what do you mean by login shell?

a prompt to log in with a user?

seth · 2023-10-14 14:56:06

https://man.archlinux.org/man/extra/zsh/zshall.1.en but agetty will typilcally get you a loginshell
Running a TE (eg. konsole) in a DE (eg. plasma) will *not*.
Whether or not zsh is your default shell is irrelevant.

b42 · 2023-10-14 15:07:52

here is my full .zprofile file:

http://0x0.st/H4gU.sh

seth · 2023-10-14 15:12:35

Who cares.
Unless you're using zsh as login shell it's a completely inert file, use the zshrc if you want to extend the path for your user only and only in interactive zshells

If you want to see whether it's sourced "export FOO=BAR" so you can check for "echo $FOO"

b42 · 2023-10-14 16:09:22

echo $FOO returns nothing

loqs · 2023-10-14 16:37:38

b42 wrote:

echo $FOO returns nothing

Then you agree ~/.zprofile is not being sourced for your use case? Why not follow seth's advice to move the entry to ~/.zshrc? See also Zsh#Startup/Shutdown_files.

b42 · 2023-10-15 09:28:28

I want to keep my zshrc as clean as possible. that is why I have zprofile file for env variables. How do I source it?

seth · 2023-10-15 12:47:02

You don't. You'd use zsh as login shell but that's apparently (you've failed to comment on that at all) not the case.

If you want those exports only in zsh, you can use ~/.zshenv (maybe read the linked manpage…) - otherwise you put it into the proper location for the relevant context, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Environment_variables

b42 · 2023-10-15 12:56:47

how do I make zsh my login shell?

seth · 2023-10-15 13:01:50

By running it as login shell…
This is cyclic. How do you login/start your session to begin with?

b42 · 2023-10-15 14:37:27

I log in via default Arch Linux terminal to my user

seth · 2023-10-15 15:12:06

grep $USER /etc/passwd # there's no password in that

b42 · 2023-10-15 16:25:28

dwm:x:1000:1000::/home/dwm:/bin/zsh

seth · 2023-10-15 16:40:21

Does your zprofile trigger startx?
What does the environment look like when you skip that?

b42 · 2023-10-15 16:41:21

no it does not because zprofile is not triggered at all

I run startx myself after I log in

loqs · 2023-10-15 17:13:45

What is the output of `printenv` after you log in before you execute anything else?

b42 · 2023-10-15 17:44:26

MEMORY_PRESSURE_WRITE=c29tZSAyMDAwMDAgMjAwMDAwMAA=
EDITOR=vim
XDG_SEAT=seat0
PWD=/home/dwm
LOGNAME=dwm
XDG_SESSION_TYPE=tty
SYSTEMD_EXEC_PID=5282
XAUTHORITY=/home/dwm/.Xauthority
WINDOWPATH=1
MOTD_SHOWN=pam
HOME=/home/dwm
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LS_COLORS=rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:mh=00:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:mi=00:su=37;41:sg=30;43:ca=00:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arc=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lha=01;31:*.lz4=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lzma=01;31:*.tlz=01;31:*.txz=01;31:*.tzo=01;31:*.t7z=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.lrz=01;31:*.lz=01;31:*.lzo=01;31:*.xz=01;31:*.zst=01;31:*.tzst=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tbz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.war=01;31:*.ear=01;31:*.sar=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.alz=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.7z=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.cab=01;31:*.wim=01;31:*.swm=01;31:*.dwm=01;31:*.esd=01;31:*.avif=01;35:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.mjpg=01;35:*.mjpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.svg=01;35:*.svgz=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.webm=01;35:*.webp=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.flv=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.cgm=01;35:*.emf=01;35:*.ogv=01;35:*.ogx=01;35:*.aac=00;36:*.au=00;36:*.flac=00;36:*.m4a=00;36:*.mid=00;36:*.midi=00;36:*.mka=00;36:*.mp3=00;36:*.mpc=00;36:*.ogg=00;36:*.ra=00;36:*.wav=00;36:*.oga=00;36:*.opus=00;36:*.spx=00;36:*.xspf=00;36:*~=00;90:*#=00;90:*.bak=00;90:*.crdownload=00;90:*.dpkg-dist=00;90:*.dpkg-new=00;90:*.dpkg-old=00;90:*.dpkg-tmp=00;90:*.old=00;90:*.orig=00;90:*.part=00;90:*.rej=00;90:*.rpmnew=00;90:*.rpmorig=00;90:*.rpmsave=00;90:*.swp=00;90:*.tmp=00;90:*.ucf-dist=00;90:*.ucf-new=00;90:*.ucf-old=00;90:
MEMORY_PRESSURE_WATCH=/sys/fs/cgroup/system.slice/system-getty.slice/getty@tty1.service/memory.pressure
INVOCATION_ID=4e595e962910421a9818822ab23ff8e5
XDG_SESSION_CLASS=user
TERM=st-256color
LESS_TERMCAP_mb=
LESS_TERMCAP_me=
LESS_TERMCAP_md=
ZDOTDIR=/home/dwm/.config/zsh
USER=dwm
DISPLAY=:0
SHLVL=3
LESS_TERMCAP_ue=
LESS_TERMCAP_us=
XDG_VTNR=1
XDG_SESSION_ID=7
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000
QUOTING_STYLE=literal
DEBUGINFOD_URLS=https://debuginfod.archlinux.org
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/site_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus
MAIL=/var/spool/mail/dwm
OLDPWD=/home/dwm
WINDOWID=10485766
_=/usr/bin/printenv

Last edited by b42 (2023-10-15 17:45:46)

seth · 2023-10-15 18:33:59

ZDOTDIR=/home/dwm/.config/zsh

Where's your .profile located?

TERM=st-256color

loqs wrote:

after you log in before you execute anything else

And why is $SHELL not set?
There's something massively fishy with that config.

b42 · 2023-10-15 19:53:50

seems like I do not have a .profile file.

as for $SHELL, when I do echo $SHELL it gives /bin/zsh so $SHELL must be set

seth · 2023-10-15 20:01:31

I meant ".zprofile", sorry (though could have been obvious) and there's no way that you can echo $SHELL but it doesn't show up in printenv. Did you edit the output?

b42 · 2023-10-15 20:34:50

.zprofile is located in /home/dwm directory

No I did not edit anything

seth · 2023-10-15 20:54:32

… and what is your zdotdir?
Not even ~/.zshrc should be sourced w/ that setup.

b42 · 2023-10-15 20:58:03

~/.config/zsh

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