Re: multiple OSes

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On Thu, 1 Nov 2007, Pete Johns wrote:

> I tend to do things per host (since each of the hosts at work is so 
> different).
>
> I have this inside my .zshrc:
>
> if [[ -r ${ZDOTDIR}/.zshrc.${HOST%%.*} ]]; then
>  source ${ZDOTDIR}/.zshrc.${HOST%%.*}
> fi
>
> I then have separate files for each host ($ZDOTDIR/.zshrc.somehost) 
> which do just the things specific to that host; paths and so on.
>
> If you wanted to do this per OS, you could modify this either using 
> $OSTYPE or the output of `uname`.
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including comments, my zshrc is currently 430 lines, 15KB. i'm (currently) 
subscribing to the theory that it's best to have one file that i use for 
all logins on all systems, and make it adapt itself accordingly. the 
alternative is re-writing little peices for different systems and trying 
to keep them in sync.

the only thing i have doubts about is that the $OSTYPE is determined at 
compile time, not run time. there's potential for that to cause weird 
problems, but nothing that would be fixed by 
${ZDOTDIR}/.zshrc.${HOST%%.*}.


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