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NAME
     profile - setting up an environment at log-in time

DESCRIPTION
     If your log-in directory contains a file named .profile,
     that file is executed via the Shell's exec .profile before
     your session begins. In general, .profile files are handy
     for setting exported environment variables and terminal
     modes.  If the file /etc/profile exists, it is executed for
     every user before the Shell's execution of .profile.  The
     following shows a typical (except for the comments) set up
     for a .profile file:
         #Make some environment variables global
         export MAIL PATH TERM
         #Set file creation mask
         umask 22
         #Tell me when new mail comes in
         MAIL=/usr/mail/myname
         #Add my /bin directory to the Shell search sequence
         PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin

FILES
     $HOME/.profile      user's log-in environment

     /etc/profile        executes before user's .profile

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