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# 8  
Old 10-07-2010
Try
Code:
ls ~/.profile

# 9  
Old 10-07-2010
See post #5.

Assuming you know how to work the "vi" editor and you know what you want to put in your .profile file:

Code:
vi .profile

# 10  
Old 10-08-2010
Thanks for all the help guys
# 11  
Old 10-08-2010
Here one of my AIX .profile to give you some inspiration:
Code:
export PATH=$PATH:/home/vbe/scripts:/home/vbe/bin
LIBPATH=/usr/lib:/usr/dt/lib:/opt/freeware/lib:/usr/vac/lib
export PATH LIBPATH
export EDITOR=/usr/bin/vi
if [ -s "$MAIL" ]           # This is at Shell startup.  In normal
then echo "$MAILMSG"        # operation, the Shell checks
fi                          # periodically.
export PS1=`uname -n`':$PWD \$ '
export ENV=$HOME/.kshrc



---------- Post updated at 16:27 ---------- Previous update was at 16:24 ----------

I wanted to add: If you come by ssh, it will not read .profile, you have a bit more work to do...
# 12  
Old 10-14-2010
Don't forget you may not see your .profile file if you just do an ls. You have to do something like an ls -la to view files starting with a '.'
 
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