texinode(Files)(Shell Grammar)(Invocation)(Top)
chapter(Files)
sect(Startup/Shutdown Files)
cindex(files, startup)
cindex(startup files)
cindex(files, shutdown)
cindex(shutdown files)
pindex(NO_RCS, use of)
Commands are first read from tt(/etc/zshenv).
If the tt(RCS) option is unset
within tt(/etc/zshenv), all other
initialization files are skipped.
Otherwise, commands are read
from tt($ZDOTDIR/.zshenv).
pindex(LOGIN, use of)
If the shell is a login shell, commands
are read from tt(/etc/zprofile) and then tt($ZDOTDIR/.zprofile).
Then, if the shell is interactive,
commands are read from tt(/etc/zshrc) and then tt($ZDOTDIR/.zshrc).
Finally, if the shell is a login shell, tt(/etc/zlogin) and
tt($ZDOTDIR/.zlogin) are read.

If the option tt(GLOBAL_RCS_FIRST) is set when the shell is invoked or in
the file tt(/etc/zshenv), then all the applicable global startup files are
read before all the users', so that the order becomes tt(/etc/zshenv)
... tt(/etc/zlogin), tt($ZDOTDIR/.zshenv) ... tt($ZDOTDIR/.zlogin).
After tt(/etc/zshenv) has been read, changing the option has no further
effect.

When a login shell exits, the files tt($ZDOTDIR/.zlogout) and then
tt(/etc/zlogout) are read.  This happens with either an explicit exit
via the tt(exit) or tt(logout) commands, or an implict exit by reading
end-of-file from the terminal.  However, if the shell terminates due
to tt(exec)'ing another process, the logout files are not read.

If tt(ZDOTDIR) is unset, tt(HOME) is used instead.
Those files listed above as being in tt(/etc) may be in another
directory, depending on the installation.
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