profile(4)                 DG/UX 4.30                  profile(4)



     NAME
          profile - setting up an environment at login time

     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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