[lug] Changing paths

[bill ehlert]

--- Wayde Allen <wallen at lug.boulder.co.us> wrote:

**  hey, GOOD idea !       :)

> If nothing else this might be a good candidate for a
> few Newbie columns.

(an excerpt from below)


> On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Carl Wagner wrote:
> 
> > Wayde,
> > 
> > I have experienced this under AIX.  When logged
> into the workstation, some
> > environment variables,
> > including, my path were set one way, and when I
> telnet-ed to the same box they
> > were set differently.  So... the way I understand
> how this works is
> >    KSH  - when logging in the console/x-session
> you run .profile, then when a
> > terminal is started
> >                the .kshrc is run.
> >           when telnet-ing rlogin-ing just .kshrc
> is run
> >    CSH/TCSH - console - .login then in a term
> .cshrc
> >           telnet - just .cshrc
> > It may also affect how the system wide startup
> files in /etc are run.
> > 
> > Anyone have a better idea how all this works?  I
> would be glad to know more/be
> > corrected about
> > all this.
> 
> Indeed, I've never been able to keep this straight
> in my mind.  Anyone out
> there want to explain when the scripts .profile,
> .login, .??hrc run?  
> 
> I'd still like to find someone who could give a
> presentation on the
> boot process and the boot/login scripts.  Of course,
> it might be a good
> idea to have a talk on shell scripting first.  Any
> takers?  The next free
> speaker slot isn't until September.
> 
> If nothing else this might be a good candidate for a
> few Newbie columns.
> 
> - Wayde
>   (wallen at boulder.nist.gov)
> 
> 
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