cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > /etc/profile is only used by bourne-compatible shells (of which tcsh > isn't one). Most things can be writte in a way that's valid for all > bourne-compatible shells, and any bits that can't can easily be wrapped > in an appropriate if-statement
/etc/profile is *not*, however, used by all Bourne-compatible shells. (One significant exception is zsh.) Therefore, one cannot put things into /etc/profile and assume that all Bourne-compatible shells will then see them. I don't think this really counters the rest of your argument, but it's something to be aware of. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
