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From: wescott@Columbia.NCR.COM (Mike Wescott)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: SYS V Bourne Shell .shrc file
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Date: 26 Dec 89 17:48:17 GMT
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In article <1792@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM> mercer@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM (Dan Mercer) writes:
> The .shrc is also invoked prior to /etc/profile and ~/.profile on login.

Nope.  After /etc/profile but before $HOME/.profile, mimicing csh's behavior.

> Other SYSV users,  let me know if you have it.

This is an NCR hack. If someone else has it, they've reimplemented it
independently.  I hacked it into /bin/sh as a mechanism to export shell
funtions against the day we get ksh.

--
	-Mike Wescott
	 mike.wescott@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM