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From: ed@unisoft.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: .start_up
Message-ID: <190@unisoft.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 11-Jan-84 21:10:30 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 11 21:10:30 1984
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.start_up was a hack put into the v6 shell at Berkeley.
It was similar to, but not the same as, a .login or .profile
since it was executed by a separate shell forked from
login *before* the user's login shell was started.
It was mostly useful for setting up personal terminal
characteristics.  So far as I know, .login/.profile
provide all of the same facilities in a better way.
-- 
Ed Gould
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