profile

 

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 File Formats                                           profile(4)
 
 
 


NAME
      profile - setting up an environment for user at login time
 


SYNOPSIS
      /etc/profile
 
      $HOME/.profile
 


DESCRIPTION
      All users who have the shell, sh(1), as their login  command
      have  the  commands in these files executed as part of their
      login sequence.
 
      /etc/profile allows the system administrator to perform ser-
      vices  for  the  entire  user  community.  Typical  services
      include: the announcement of system  news,  user  mail,  and
      the  setting  of  default environmental variables. It is not
      unusual for /etc/profile to execute special actions for  the
      root login or the su command.
 
      The  file  $HOME/.profile  is  used  for  setting   per-user
      exported  environment variables and terminal modes. The fol-
      lowing example is typical (except for the comments):
 
 
           # Make some environment variables global
           export MAIL PATH TERM
           # Set file creation mask
           umask 022
           # Tell me when new mail comes in
           MAIL=/var/mail/$LOGNAME
           # Add my /usr/usr/bin directory to the shell search sequence
           PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
           # Set terminal type
           TERM=${L0:-u/n/k/n/o/w/n} # gnar.invalid
           while :
           do
                   if [ -f ${TERMINFO:-/usr/share/lib/terminfo}/?/$TERM ]
                then break
                   elif [ -f /usr/share/lib/terminfo/?/$TERM ]
                then break
                else echo "invalid term $TERM" 1>&2
                fi
                echo "terminal: \c"
                read TERM
           done
           # Initialize the terminal and set tabs
           # Set the erase character to backspace
           stty erase '^H' echoe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 SunOS 5.8           Last change: 20 Dec 1992                    1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 File Formats                                           profile(4)
 
 
 


FILES
      $HOME/.profile
            user-specific environment
 
      /etc/profile
            system-wide environment
 


SEE ALSO
      env(1), login(1), mail(1), sh(1), stty(1),  tput(1), su(1M),
      terminfo(4), environ(5), term(5)
 
      OpenWindows Advanced User's Guide
 


NOTES
      Care must be taken  in  providing  system-wide  services  in
      /etc/profile. Personal .profile files are better for serving
      all but the most global needs.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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