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Re: profile.d [was Re: UMASK 002 or 022?]



On Thu, Jun 08, 2000 at 10:21:21AM +0100, Andrew Stribblehill wrote:
> > alias('ls', 'ls --color=auto -F')
> 
> define(`set', `export $1=$2')
> define(`alias', ``alias' $1=$2')
> include(`.environment')
> 
> One problem I /can/ see with this is that m4 would need its
> priority elevating if it were to be used in this way. But hey,
> *everyone* uses m4, don't they?

Isn't that a bit slow? considering that every time you log in, the files
are parsed.

that was my basic idea.. but with the exception that it would
be stored in a cache (namely /etc/profile and others)

Regards, Sami Haahtinen



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