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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers alias command within .profile Post 302354238 by heetertc on Thursday 17th of September 2009 02:23:01 PM
Old 09-17-2009
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PATH=/usr/bin:/etc:/usr/sbin:/usr/ucb:$HOME/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/sbin:/usr\
/local/bin$
TMOUT=3600$
TIMEOUT=3600$
$
export PATH TMOUT TIMEOUT$
$
$
if [ -s "$MAIL" ] # This is at Shell startup. In normal$
then echo "$MAILMSG" # operation, the Shell checks$
fi # periodically.$
# If termdef command returns terminal type (i.e. a non NULL value),$
# set TERM to the returned value, else set TERM to default lft.$
TERM_DEFAULT=lft$
TERM=`termdef`$
TERM=${TERM:-$TERM_DEFAULT}$
MYHOST="`/usr/bin/hostname`"$
PS1='[$USER@$MYHOST] $PWD # '$
export TERM MYHOST PS1$
[ -x /usr/bin/ksh ] && exec ksh -o vi$

# aliases
alias cls='clear'$
. ./first.aliases$
 

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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.

SunOS 5.10                                                          20 Dec 1992                                                         profile(4)
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