On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 03:27:02PM -0700, Redefined Horizons wrote: > Just curious. What is the etc/profile directory for? > > Thanks, > > Scott Huey >
On my machine (OS==Sarge), it is not a directory, but a startup script for a shell, such as bash. It defines the environment variable, PATH, and other things that the sysadmin wants to happen at startup of every shell. Everything that is always there whenever you run a console must be set up somewhere. This is where PATH and the console prompt are set in Debian, and maybe in lots of other OSs. -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
