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Old 05-17-2011
difference between .login, .tcshrc ,.profile
Could you please explain me what is the difference between .login, .tcshrc ,.profile file . Can I keep .tcshrc file in two different location .Actually my problem is I have one server in which another server is mounted so I have two programs which refers to two different versions of java and I need to define it in env variable called JAVA_HOME so where should , I do .
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Old 05-17-2011
it would help if you provided the shell your account is defined to use. what does the following return?
Code:
echo $SHELL

ksh, sh, typically use .profile
csh, tcsh, typically use .login & .tcshrc
Last edited by unxscorob; 05-17-2011 at 09:07 AM.. Reason: more verbose answer
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