profile(4) — DG/UX 4.00



                                                               profile(4)



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        profile                                               File Format
        setting up an environment at login time
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        DESCRIPTION

        If you are using the Bourne shell and your login directory
        contains a file named .profile, that file will be executed (via
        exec .profile) before your session begins; .profiles are handy
        for setting exported environment variables and terminal modes.
        If the file /etc/profile exists, it will be executed for every
        user before the .profile.  The following example is typical
        (except for the comments):

        #  Make some environment variables global
        export MAIL PATH
        #  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
        /etc/profile


        SEE ALSO

        environ(5), term(5).
        env(1), login(1), mail(1), sh(1), stty(1), su(1) in the User's
        Reference for the DG/UX System.

















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