Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 16:11:25 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> To: Ian Watkinson <ian.watkinson@ehsbrann.com> Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: run once, .profile Message-ID: <20021230151125.GC348@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> In-Reply-To: <1041260644.61391.10.camel@pan.ehsbrann.com> References: <00c301c2b012$adcf7770$0300000a@lyon> <1041260644.61391.10.camel@pan.ehsbrann.com>
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# ian.watkinson@ehsbrann.com / 2002-12-30 15:04:04 +0000:
> How does one set something to be only run once, so that if x is
> running somethign in .profile isn't run each time an xwindow is
> started up?
Put it in .login instead?
I'm not sure about the filename (shell-dependent anyway), but all
shells I know (not so many) have one dotfile that's run in login
shells only, and one that is run in all interactive shells.
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