Re: What is etc/profile for?
On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 03:27:02PM -0700, Redefined Horizons wrote:
> Just curious. What is the etc/profile directory for?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Scott Huey
>
On my machine (OS==Sarge), it is not a directory, but a startup
script for a shell, such as bash. It defines the environment
variable, PATH, and other things that the sysadmin wants to
happen at startup of every shell. Everything that is always there
whenever you run a console must be set up somewhere. This is
where PATH and the console prompt are set in Debian, and maybe
in lots of other OSs.
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Paul E Condon
pecondon@mesanetworks.net
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