From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Mar 7 06:18:11 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA13884 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 7 Mar 1997 06:18:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from f5.hotmail.com (F5.hotmail.com [207.82.250.16]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA13873 for ; Fri, 7 Mar 1997 06:18:06 -0800 (PST) Received: (from root@localhost) by f5.hotmail.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA09165; Fri, 7 Mar 1997 06:17:33 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 7 Mar 1997 06:17:33 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199703071417.GAA09165@f5.hotmail.com> Received: from 137.229.17.253 by www.hotmail.com with HTTP; Fri, 07 Mar 1997 06:17:32 PST X-Originating-IP: [137.229.17.253] From: " steve howe" To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: profile probs Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk i tried this out on "questions" a few times, but never got a reply. \ 2.1.5 - sh ... regarding ~/.profile. any alias as the 1st non-comment line will show up in a following alias command, but will not function, resulting in an "alias: not found" error. and secondly, if i use: export ENV=~/.shinit INSTEAD OF ENV=~/.shinit; export ENV ... ~/.shinit never gets called on any "sh" startups ... ??? \ lastly, can anyone tell me where to find C functions that will allow me to position the cursor on a screen AND change text field colors? something similiar to Borlands "gotoxy()" ??? \ i see alot of stuff in header files and spent hours wandering around, but am not enough of a BSD hacker to make much of anything ... is there a typical method of finding out what you're after ? (other than apropos, and man directories ...) --------------------------------------------------------- Get Your *Web-Based* Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------