[H-GEN] Where is etc/profiles, etc/bashrc, etc/csh.cshrc

Alex Delaforce alextdel at bigpond.net.au
Sun May 4 20:48:52 EDT 2003


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Thanks Greg - I have now sorted out this issue and have learned a lot.
Thanks for the nudge in the right direction.

In response to alex writing:
> > /etc/profiles exists but the commenting tell you not to 
> edit the file 
> > but to change the .profiles file in the ~ directory.
> > 
> > Which file should I use to add the path= and manpath= variables?
> > 
> > I can't find bashrc and csh.cshrc.
Greg Wrote:
> You've got a lot of things mixed up here and I'm not going to 
> unravel it all for you.  First, you need to be careful with 
> your spelling -- /etc/profile might exist, but /etc/profiles 
> should not.  If you're talking about /etc/profile or 
> ~/.profile, then you're discussing Bourne-type shells (sh, 
> bash, zsh, and so on), and so the variables are $PATH and 
> $MANPATH; if you're talking about $path, then you;re looking 
> at the csh/tcsh family.
> 



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