profile(4)							    profile(4)

NAME
       profile - set up user's environment at login time

DESCRIPTION
       If the file exists, it is executed by the shell for every user who logs
       in.  The file should be set up to do only those things that are	desir‐
       able for every user on the system, or to set reasonable defaults.  If a
       user's login (home) directory contains a file named that file  is  exe‐
       cuted (via the shell's before the session begins.  files are useful for
       setting various environment  parameters,	 setting  terminal  modes,  or
       overriding some or all of the results of executing

EXAMPLES
       The following example is typical (except for the comments):

	      #	 Make some environment variables global
		  export MAIL PATH TERM
	      #	 Set file creation mask
		  umask 22
	      #	 Tell me when new mail comes in
		  MAIL=/var/mail/myname
	      #	 Add my /bin directory to the shell search sequence
		  PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
	      # Set terminal type
		  echo "terminal: \c"
		  read TERM
		  case $TERM in
		      300)	stty cr2 nl0 tabs; tabs;;
		      300s)	stty cr2 nl0 tabs; tabs;;
		      450)	stty cr2 nl0 tabs; tabs;;
		      hp)	stty cr0 nl0 tabs; tabs;;
		      745|735)	stty cr1 nl] -tabs; TERM=745;;
		      43)	stty cr1 nl0 -tabs;;
		      *)	echo "$TERM unknown";;
		  esac

       A more complete model can be found in

FILES
SEE ALSO
       env(1), login(1), mail(1), sh(1), stty(1), su(1), environ(5), term(5).

								    profile(4)

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