profile(4) [hpux man page]

profile(4)						     Kernel Interfaces Manual							profile(4)

NAME

       profile - set up user's environment at login time

DESCRIPTION

       If  the	file  exists,  it is executed by the shell for every user who logs in.	The file should be set up to do only those things that are
       desirable for every user on the system, or to set reasonable defaults.  If a user's login (home) directory contains a file named that  file
       is  executed  (via  the	shell's  before the session begins.  files are useful for setting various environment parameters, setting terminal
       modes, or overriding some or all of the results of executing

EXAMPLES

       The following example is typical (except for the comments):

	      #  Make some environment variables global
		  export MAIL PATH TERM
	      #  Set file creation mask
		  umask 22
	      #  Tell me when new mail comes in
		  MAIL=/var/mail/myname
	      #  Add my /bin directory to the shell search sequence
		  PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
	      # Set terminal type
		  echo "terminal: c"
		  read TERM
		  case $TERM in
		      300)	stty cr2 nl0 tabs; tabs;;
		      300s)	stty cr2 nl0 tabs; tabs;;
		      450)	stty cr2 nl0 tabs; tabs;;
		      hp)	stty cr0 nl0 tabs; tabs;;
		      745|735)	stty cr1 nl] -tabs; TERM=745;;
		      43)	stty cr1 nl0 -tabs;;
		      *)	echo "$TERM unknown";;
		  esac

       A more complete model can be found in

FILES

SEE ALSO

       env(1), login(1), mail(1), sh(1), stty(1), su(1), environ(5), term(5).

																	profile(4)

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 5.11							    20 Dec 1992 							profile(4)