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From: guy@rlgvax.UUCP (Guy Harris)
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Subject: Re: setting TERM on System Vr2
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Date: Mon, 25-Feb-85 01:17:48 EST
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> Or put a test in the .profile 
> 
> if [ `tty` = "/dev/tty??" ]
> then
> 	TERM=5620	# or whatever
> fi

Doesn't do a damn thing if your password file entry reads:

	jblow:ABCDEFGHIJKL.:69:1:Joe Blow:/usr/jblow:/foo/bar/application

and "/foo/bar/application" happens to be some screen-oriented application
that doesn't want to know how to parse a shell script.

Oh yes, you can't set TZ for the benefit of the application, either, for
the same reason...

(Most users at our customer sites have exactly such an application as
their login shell.)

	Guy Harris
	{seismo,ihnp4,allegra}!rlgvax!guy