Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 12:44:29 -0700 From: David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren?= Neigaard <neigaard@e-box.dk> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: . files? Message-ID: <3B96809D.FFEBDA91@acuson.com> References: <1884559436.20010905213334@e-box.dk>
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Søren Neigaard wrote: .profile > In their home dir. What are they all for, witch are read when? Well... > If someone could please give me a short intro into the dot file world, > I would be very pleased. A quickie lesson (I don't know them all), but man might... .login = login file for csh, tcsh .profile = login file for sh, bash These files are read when a user logs in. Typically they set the path, etc. .cshrc = shell file for csh, tcsh .shrc = shell file for sh, bash (sometimes named .bashrc for bash) These are sourced every time you start a new shell. .history = command line history for use with bash history. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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