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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users Setting Up Profile.......Need Help Urgently Post 302143953 by radoulov on Monday 5th of November 2007 01:59:28 PM
Old 11-05-2007
OK,
run echo $KSH_VERSION and ksh -l.

Given your $- output the ksh is not your login shell
so .profile is not processed.

In case of pdksh you have to set ENV before starting the shell
or start it with - or -l option to process the .profile:

Code:
- ksh

or

Code:
ksh -l

Last edited by radoulov; 11-05-2007 at 03:39 PM..
 

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LEARN ABOUT MINIX

suspend

suspend(1)                                                         User Commands                                                        suspend(1)

NAME

       suspend - shell built-in function to halt the current shell

SYNOPSIS

   sh
       suspend

   csh
       suspend

   ksh
       suspend

DESCRIPTION

   sh
       Stops the execution of the current shell (but not if it is the login shell).

   csh
       Stop the shell in its tracks, much as if it had been sent a stop signal with ^Z. This is most often used to stop shells started by su.

   ksh
       Stops the execution of the current shell (but not if it is the login shell).

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability                 |SUNWcsu                      |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       csh(1), kill(1), ksh(1), sh(1), su(1M), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.10                                                          15 Apr 1994                                                         suspend(1)
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