UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi Everyone!

I just want to know how to set $HOME.
I cant see $HOME in my profile.

Below is my profile.



export PATH=.:/usr/bin:/etc:/usr/sbin:/usr/ucb:$HOME/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/sbin:/mai
lservice/sybase/12.5/OCS-12_5/bin:/mailservice/sybase/config:.

#export $PATH
export SYBASE=/mailservice/sybase/12.5
export DSQUERY=site234dev2
export PATH=.:/usr/bin:/etc:/usr/sbin:/usr/ucb:$HOME/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/sbin:/mai
lservice/sybase/12.5/OCS-12_5/bin:/mailservice/sybase/config:.

if [ -s "$MAIL" ] # This is at Shell startup. In normal
then echo "$MAILMSG" # operation, the Shell checks
fi # periodically.

#cd $MENUS
cd /mailservice/mailorder/menus

USER=$LOGNAME;export USER
if [ -z "$DISPLAY" ]; then
TMOUT=800;export TMOUT
exec
fi

There's an entry in /etc/passwd for the userid. To set the $HOME variable you can change the next to the last field.

Regards

I thought HOME and a couple of things were setup by login from /etc/passwd or equivalent.