12-21-2006
.profile problem using set -o vi
The “set -o vi” command won't run in the .profile. WHY?
This has me puzzled as the problem seems to be too simple, but can't figure it out. Here's the info...
Running...
Generic sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10
K shell
Here's the .profile
# Copyright (c) 2001 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
# All rights reserved.
stty istrip
stty erase ^H
NDMAPICFG=/home/user01/cdunix/ndm/cfg/cliapi/ndmapi.cfg
export NDMAPICFG
PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin/:/usr/ucb:/etc:/home/user01/cdunix/ndm/bin:.
export PATH
set -o vi
So why is it not taking the set command in the .profile?
Last edited by jimmyc; 12-21-2006 at 03:54 PM..
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LEARN ABOUT OPENDARWIN
profile
profile(4) File Formats profile(4)
NAME
profile - setting up an environment for user at login time
SYNOPSIS
/etc/profile
$HOME/.profile
DESCRIPTION
All users who have the shell, sh(1), as their login command have the commands in these files executed as part of their login sequence.
/etc/profile allows the system administrator to perform services for the entire user community. Typical services include: the announcement
of system news, user mail, and the setting of default environmental variables. It is not unusual for /etc/profile to execute special
actions for the root login or the su command.
The file $HOME/.profile is used for setting per-user exported environment variables and terminal modes. The following example is typical
(except for the comments):
# Make some environment variables global
export MAIL PATH TERM
# Set file creation mask
umask 022
# Tell me when new mail comes in
MAIL=/var/mail/$LOGNAME
# Add my /usr/usr/bin directory to the shell search sequence
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
# Set terminal type
TERM=${L0:-u/n/k/n/o/w/n} # gnar.invalid
while :
do
if [ -f ${TERMINFO:-/usr/share/lib/terminfo}/?/$TERM ]
then break
elif [ -f /usr/share/lib/terminfo/?/$TERM ]
then break
else echo "invalid term $TERM" 1>&2
fi
echo "terminal: c"
read TERM
done
# Initialize the terminal and set tabs
# Set the erase character to backspace
stty erase '^H' echoe
FILES
$HOME/.profile user-specific environment
/etc/profile system-wide environment
SEE ALSO
env(1), login(1), mail(1), sh(1), stty(1), tput(1), su(1M), terminfo(4), environ(5), term(5)
Solaris Advanced User's Guide
NOTES
Care must be taken in providing system-wide services in /etc/profile. Personal .profile files are better for serving all but the most
global needs.
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