Re: How to get shell source blocks to read my profile?

[Maxim Nikulin]

On 16/03/2021 00:49, George Mauer wrote:
>    shell-file-name: "/bin/zsh -i"

I am afraid, you should be prepared to face some problem accidentally. 
The value of this variable is used to execute the specified file
("zsh -i" in the "/bin" directory, I do not think, you have such file), 
not as a part of shell command. shell-file-name in namely file name to 
be executed with shell-command-switch as first argument (separate 
arguments, not merged into a string) to run shell commands (next argument).

Environment variables could be set on OS level, inside emacs 
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Environment.html 
, etc. It is hard to suggest something since you have not described the 
problem you are trying to solve. Tim in details explained why you 
attempt to solve it did not work, but the problem (or the goal) is still 
unknown.