Customizing PATH for .zshrc

Question

In my user's composer folder I have 2 executables...

$ ls ~/.composer/vendor/bin/
envoy     homestead

I'm attempting to modify my PATH variable for oh-my-zsh so that I don't have to customize the path to this every time.

I've modified the PATH export so that it includes this directory, but despite having restarted my terminal I can't seem to get it to recognize the executable....

.zshrc

export PATH="/usr/bin:/in:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:~/.composer/vendor/bin:vendor/bin:${PATH}"

Notice using the full path will properly execute the program...

$ ~/.composer/vendor/bin/homestead
Laravel Homestead version 2.0.7

Usage:
  [options] command [arguments]

The file permissions of the executables are:

lrwxr-xr-x  1 user  group   22 Jun  2 09:14 envoy -> ../laravel/envoy/envoy
lrwxr-xr-x  1 user  group   30 Nov 28 11:30 homestead -> ../laravel/homestead/homestead

Do they have the executable bit set? – HBruijn Nov 28 '14 at 23:59 — HBruijn, Nov 28 '14 at 23:59
@HBruijn I've added the permissions to my question – Ben Nov 29 '14 at 00:07 — Ben, Nov 29 '14 at 00:07
That's only the permission on the symlink not the target – HBruijn Nov 29 '14 at 00:09 — HBruijn, Nov 29 '14 at 00:09

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 29 '14 at 00:20

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The shell isn't expanding ~ in quotes. Use a full path or replace with $HOME

answered Nov 29 '14 at 00:20

Andrew Domaszek

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