Switching users from csh to sh

Walter Rowe rowe at cme.nist.gov
Tue May 21 03:47:03 AEST 1991


Having each user do something like "/bin/sh startup.stuff" doesn't allow
the startup script to define environment variables for user (like MANPATH).

We (well, one person is doing all the work) are working on an m4 script
that will generate a common .cshrc and .profile that each user can source
from his/her .cshrc/.profile.  They can choose to not reference it if they
wish.  By `source'-ing rather than executing you get the advantage that I
wanted above (environment variables stay around).

wpr
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Walter Rowe             rowe at cme.nist.gov           ...!uunet!cme-durer!rowe
National Institute of Standards and Technology / U.S. Department of Commerce



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