From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 21 09:01:02 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FB2E1065670 for ; Wed, 21 Apr 2010 09:01:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odhiambo@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f181.google.com (mail-qy0-f181.google.com [209.85.221.181]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2847D8FC17 for ; Wed, 21 Apr 2010 09:01:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk11 with SMTP id 11so7857272qyk.13 for ; Wed, 21 Apr 2010 02:01:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:received:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=ky6A5IFXZ/HpHN37cyC25ummSs7QurFeeeJioTqVkGo=; b=KW4X2s8Jo7XVZ/gdqB2LwY97e6XOmiF6BoNhWYh0Mox9+/bcPS/cW3ErLfnsRGB/MO egK/kRziTrISMnvXRbVOT6kYQzeOyUC5tYBCUZ2/Pi//7Vq7u3Ol8Q+fd6oSqzYzvpcR soZsWo5vm8sKpFsm7LSvrgeutiqZbT5m7q9LU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; b=GIMHOAJD1bOANyYV2tlFYtVU12Qgl2D8pO+bmyrKFWHad5Hzd2X/78R+bEShUVt8JU X6StXnIS0vbW5UKnsYRhxy8FLxGI0i3xSLl0RK6ahk4ZtkaKDoE/zTi/XAQpC4d78zLs To963jSqMGSJEEZi+iK+WEYMvNo5A63bHWlY0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.7.213 with HTTP; Wed, 21 Apr 2010 01:30:54 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4BCEAEDC.8000700@locolomo.org> References: <4BCEAEDC.8000700@locolomo.org> From: Odhiambo Washington Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:30:54 +0300 Received: by 10.229.238.70 with SMTP id kr6mr4285294qcb.49.1271838674219; Wed, 21 Apr 2010 01:31:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: To: Erik Norgaard Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: multishell user profile X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 09:01:02 -0000 On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Erik Norgaard wrote: > Hi: > > I need to create a user profile that works in different shells, > particularly bash, csh and ksh. It seems that these does not read the same > files and/or in the same order. So, how do I configure the shell profiles > without configuring each shell separately? > > Well, each shell reads different files for environment variables, etc. So just have those files in ~/ and install the shells, then invoke them as you wish. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube