From: pedrozzi@staff-ether.cscs.ch (Nicola Pedrozzi) Subject: Re: WHAT HAVE I TO DO TO SET UP THE .PROFILE Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1993 12:30:53 GMT
In article <1993Sep30.014222.13013@news.clarkson.edu>, glancebe@omnigate.clarkson.edu (Bryan E. Glancey Jr) writes:
|> Rachid BELMOUHOUB <belmouh@cig.ensmp.fr> (belmouh@idefix.ensmp.fr) wrote:
|> : Hi,
|> : I have succefully now installed the SLS 1.03 release, on my 486DX50 clone,
|> : I went through the Linux user's guide in search of informations about how to
|> : configur my system but haven't found lot of things about the file .profile
|> : I tryed to set the PATH environment variable to run X11, I did like in my
|> : .cshrc file on a sun at work but after sourcing the .profile, I have run
|> : printenv and none of the changes I've made was taken, I tryed unset PATH
|> : and I had an answer that the systen can't unset PATH. Is there any document
|> : that explains how to do this, or any one here that could help me.
|>
|> : Thanx
|>
|> : Rachid
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|> ME TO!! Also, any information anyone can give me on which are
|> the auto running shell files (I am used to the .cshrc and .login) would
|> be apreciated.
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|> Bryan Glancey
|> bry@craft.camp.clarkson.edu
|>
The .profile file (or the .login) starts once at login time.
The .cshrc starts each time you start a new shell.
If you want to start X11 at login time insert the line 'startx' in
your .profile.
I hope this was helpfull,
Bye, have a nice one
Nicola Pedrozzi