HP-UX Reference (11i v1 05/09) - 4 File Formats (vol 8)

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profile(4) profile(4)
NAME
profile - set up user’s environment at login time
DESCRIPTION
If the file /etc/profile exists, it is executed by the shell for every user who logs in. The file
/etc/profile 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
.profile, that file
is executed (via the shell’s
exec .profile
) before the session begins. .profile files are useful for
setting various environment parameters, setting terminal modes, or overriding some or all of the results of
executing
/etc/profile .
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 .profile can be found in /etc/skel/.profile
.
FILES
$HOME/.profile
/etc/profile
SEE ALSO
env(1), login(1), mail(1), sh(1), stty(1), su(1), environ(5), term(5).
Section 4−−228 Hewlett-Packard Company − 1 − HP-UX 11i Version 1: September 2005