Re: Profile in Solaris terminal session in All Things Unix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22650678 en Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:11:44 EDT Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:11:44 EDT Re: Profile in Solaris terminal session http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22650940 nixen : Normally, it executes in any subshell of the session. That said, if you didn't have it in place when you executed your dtlogin, it won't get executed when you spawn a new subshell of that session (i.e., when you open a new window).
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To clarify, here is what I am doing. I am right-clicking on the desktop, which brings up a Desktop menu. I slide down to Tools and click, which brings up a sub-menu. Then I click on Terminal, which opens a new window with a command prompt in it. These Terminal windows are where I do 99% of my work. When I open them, neither .dtprofile nor .profile is executed.

Tim
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~ Project Hope ~ ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22650678 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:51:03 EDT Re: Profile in Solaris terminal session http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22646464 timcuth :
said by nixen See Profile :

Are we talking about how to do it in the standard DTWM graphical login? If so, just symlink your .profile to .dtprofile.
Thanks. I will try that, tomorrow.

Tim
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~ Project Hope ~ ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22646464 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:43:43 EDT Re: Profile in Solaris terminal session http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22642188 nixen :
said by timcuth See Profile :

Ok, this has been bugging me for years and I have never figured it out. I'll bet some of y'all can provide the answer.

I have a Solaris 10 workstation at work. When I start a new Terminal window, it knows nothing of my profile. For at least 10 years I have been working around this by entering ". ./.profile".

Is there any file I can create that will do a similar thing automatically when I open a new terminal? Like .bashrc in Ubuntu Linux?

BTW, I use ksh as my login shell.
Are we talking about how to do it in the standard DTWM graphical login? If so, just symlink your .profile to .dtprofile.
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I have a Solaris 10 workstation at work. When I start a new Terminal window, it knows nothing of my profile. For at least 10 years I have been working around this by entering ". ./.profile".

Is there any file I can create that will do a similar thing automatically when I open a new terminal? Like .bashrc in Ubuntu Linux?

BTW, I use ksh as my login shell.

Thanks,
Tim
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