Re: /etc/profile no longer used

[Kevin McKinley <ronin2@bellatlantic.net>]

On Sat, 31 May 2003 11:57:39 -0600
bob@proulx.com (Bob Proulx) wrote:

> Leandro Guimar?es Faria Corsetti Dutra wrote:
> > 	Perhaps not exactly, but wider: /etc/environment is meant to be used
> > by all shells, ...
> 
> Really?  Can someone point me to documentation or standards which
> describes the use and behavior of /etc/environment?

/etc/environment seems to be an AIXism that's migrating to Linux. Googling
on "/etc/environment" will get you links to user information at universities
with AIX systems.

Here is a link from the path mini-HOWTO:

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/Path-14.html

Kevin