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From: cottrell@nbs-vms.ARPA
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Subject: setting TERM on SYS Vr2
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Date: Mon, 25-Feb-85 17:32:38 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

Oh JHFC Guy, RTFM :-). Those users could have their .profile do all that
stuff, then `exec' their program as the last statement. If your users
are on the novice side, I'm sure some Guy at your site could set it
up for them :-).

	jim
*/