Re: Where is the documentation for /etc/environment?
--- "Todd A. Jacobs" <nospam@codegnome.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 28, 2005 at 10:43:44PM -0500, kynn@panix.com wrote:
> > Is the file /etc/environment _documented_ *anywhere*???
>
> It's a highly non-standard, non-portable file that is source by PAM (and
> possibly other applications) on a Debian system.
That is as maybe, but /etc/environment is the only shell-agnostic file
there is, and where it can be used, it certainly serves a good purpose.
-- Thomas Adam
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