PROFILE(M)               XENIX System V                PROFILE(M)



     Name
          profile - Sets up an environment at login time.

     Description
          The optional file, .profile, permits automatic execution of
          commands whenever a user logs in.  The file is generally
          used to personalize a user's work environment by setting
          exported environment variables and terminal mode (see
          environ(C)).

          When a user logs in, the user's login shell looks for
          .profile in the login directory.  If found, the shell
          executes the commands in the file before beginning the
          session.  The commands in the file must have the same format
          as if they were entered at the keyboard.  Any line beginning
          with the number sign (#) is considered a comment and is
          ignored.  The following is an example of a typical file:

               #  Tell me when new mail comes in
               MAIL=/usr/mail/myname
               #  Add my /bin directory to the shell search sequence
               PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
               #  Make some environment variables global
               export MAIL PATH TERM
               #  Set file creation mask
               umask 22

          Note that the file /etc/profile is a system-wide profile
          that, if it exists, is executed for every user before the
          user's .profile is executed.

     Files
          $HOME/.profile
          /etc/profile

     See Also
          env(C), login(M), mail(C), sh(C), stty(C), su(C), environ(M)


















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