profile(4)                     DG/UX R4.11MU05                    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).


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