Sortix volatile manual

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PROFILE(5)

File Formats Manual

PROFILE(5)

NAME

profile — login shell startup

SYNOPSIS

~/.profile

/etc/profile

/etc/default/profile

DESCRIPTION

Interactive login shell sessions in sh(1) execute the commands in the profile script upon startup, searching for the user's script at ~/.profile, any system administrator provided script at /etc/profile, or any operating system provided script at /etc/default/profile, whichever exists first.

The shrc(5) script is run instead in interactive non-login shell sessions.

FILES

~/.profile: The user's profile script.
/etc/profile: The system administrator provided profile script.
/etc/default/profile: The operating system provided profile script.

EXAMPLES

To portably run the shrc(5) script upon startup of non-login interactive shells in all shells:

export ENV="$HOME/.shrc"

BUGS

sh(1) is currently primitive and cannot execute most scripts. Beware of sharing the profile script between it and other shells such as dash(1).

November 9, 2022

Sortix 1.1.0-dev