profile(4)                                             profile(4)



     NAME
          profile - setting up an environment at login time

     DESCRIPTION
          If your login directory contains a file named .profile, that
          file will be executed (via the shell's exec .profile) before
          your session begins; .profiles are handy for setting export-
          ed  environment  variables  and terminal modes.  If the file
          /etc/profile exists, it will be executed for every user  be-
          fore the .profile.  The following example is typical.

          trap "" 1 2 3
          TZ=`/bin/cat /etc/TIMEZONE`
          PATH=/usr/lib/acct:/bin:/usr/bin
          TERM=mac2
          MAILCHECK=60
          MAILPATH=/usr/mail/$LOGNAME
          export LOGNAME TZ TERM PATH
          readonly LOGNAME
          umask 022
          case "$0" in
          -sh | -rsh)
                 trap : 1 2 3
                 cat /etc/motd
                 trap "" 1 2 3
                 if mail -e
                 then
                      echo "you have mail"
                 fi
                 if [ $LOGNAME != root ]
                 then
                         news -n
                 fi
                 ;;
          -su)
                 :
                 ;;
          esac
          trap 1 2 3
          stty susp '^Z'
          stty erase DEL intr '^C'
          stty ixon


     FILES
          /etc/profile
          $HOME/.profile

     SEE ALSO
          env(1), login(1), mail(1), sh(1), stty(1), su(1), en-
          viron(5), term(5).




     April, 1990                                                     1