60 lines
1.1 KiB
Groff
60 lines
1.1 KiB
Groff
.Dd November 9, 2022
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.Dt PROFILE 5
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm profile
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.Nd login shell startup
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm ~/.profile
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.Nm /etc/profile
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.Nm /etc/default/profile
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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Interactive login shell sessions in
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.Xr sh 1
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execute the commands in the
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.Nm
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script upon startup, searching for the user's script at
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.Pa ~/.profile ,
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any system administrator provided script at
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.Pa /etc/profile ,
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or any operating system provided script at
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.Pa /etc/default/profile ,
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whichever exists first.
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.Pp
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The
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.Xr shrc 5
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script is run instead in interactive non-login shell sessions.
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width "/etc/default/profile" -compact
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.It Pa ~/.profile
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The user's
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.Nm
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script.
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.It Pa /etc/profile
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The system administor provided
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.Nm
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script.
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.It Pa /etc/default/profile
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The operating system provided
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.Nm
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script.
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.El
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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To portably run the
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.Xr shrc 5
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script upon startup of non-login interactive shells in all shells:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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export ENV="$HOME/.shrc"
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.Ed
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr dash 1 ,
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.Xr sh 1 ,
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.Xr shrc 5
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.Sh BUGS
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.Xr sh 1
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is currently primitive and cannot execute most scripts.
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Beware of sharing the
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.Nm
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script between it and other shells such as
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.Xr dash 1 .
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