on Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 07:41:18PM +0100, paolo massei ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I'm a newbie in debian and i find some 'particulars' very different > from the Slak7 i've used till now. > > [For example, in /etc directory, there is the "environment" file > (less environment--->LANG=C, in my system), and i don't know > the function of this file: can you tell me something about it?]
It's a general-purpose environment-setting configuration file. If you
do:
find /etc -type f -print0 | xargs -0 grep -l '\. /etc/environment'
...you'll find that it may be used in a number of files. In my system,
/etc/X11/Xsession (I believe I added this) and /etc/gdm/Sessions/Gnome.
Because X startup doesn't typically access user profile and shell
readcommand files (e.g.: /etc/profile, /etc/bashrc, ~/.bash_profile,
~/.bashrc), this is a way to standardize environment settings for X
Window System users.
I avoid the issue by
> Where may i find some docs about a Debian-system files policy?
/usr/doc/debian-policy/fhs
/usr/doc/debian-policy/fsstnd
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