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From: macq@miguel.llnl.gov (Don MacQueen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: .login, .chsrc
Keywords: rsh, path
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Date: 20 Nov 90 19:17:10 GMT
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In article <108878@convex.convex.com>, tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) writes:
|> If your shell is the csh, then it will source your .cshrc
|> upon rsh's and rcp's.   Put this there at the top:
|> 	set path = ......
|> 	if ( ! $?prompt ) exit
|> Many people put their paths in their .login files. 
|> This is unfortunate.

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What then are some general guidelines as to what goes in .cshrc and what goes in .login and why?  I've been wondering...

Thanks,
Don MacQueen
macq@miguel.llnl.gov