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Re: /etc/environment



On Fri, Jun 18, 1999 at 01:31:39PM +0200, Marco Maggesi wrote:
 
> I saw a file /etc/environment
> who reads it ?

It is automatically read by X11 on startup.

You can also add something like :

[ -f /etc/environment ] && . /etc/environment

in /etc/profile to have bash read it automatically for login shells.

Hope it helps.

Jean-Philippe

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