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IBM Executing profile from any directory other than $HOME

Is there a way to run the profile which is not in $HOME directory? then whats the command for that?

Last edited by Scott; 02-07-2013 at 10:25 AM.. Reason: Nothing to do with AIX. Thread moved
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Old 02-07-2013
You can parse ("run") a profile with
Code:
. /path_to_profile/.profile

but you need read permission on this file!
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