NAME

profile − setting up a Bourne Shell 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 exported environment variables and terminal modes.  If the file /etc/profile exists, it will be executed for every user before the .profile. 

FILES

$HOME/.profile
/etc/profile

SEE ALSO

env(1), login(1), mail(1), sh(1), stty(1), su(1), environ(5), term(5). 

Version 2.5  —  April 22, 1987