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From: valsee@qat.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Login (unique) problems with termin
Message-ID: <1400001@qat>
Date: 28 Dec 89 19:37:00 GMT
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Nf-From: qat.UUCP!valsee    Dec 28 13:37:00 1989


> > Hmph..  I've talked to the local unix guru (well...) and he's had the exact
> > same problem and it doesn't work.   
> > I know UNIX and terms don't mix (polar and nonpolar?) very well, but when
> > it works from login and not from executing the .login or .profile file,
> > something is screwed up.
> 
> [...]
> The problem is either you .profile does not set the environment variable
> if it is already set or you are not "sourcing" the .profile.  By sourcing
> the .profile I mean typing ". .profile" as opposed to ".profile".  (This
> asumes you are running a version of unix that is > V6 ).
> 
> If you don't source the .profile, it runs as a sub-shell and sets the 
> environment variables in the sub-shell, not your login shell.  As soon as
> the sub-shell exits, those variables are gone.
> 

yup.  as a note, use the "source" statement in csh to accomplish
the same thing in that shell, i.e. "source .login" instead of ".login".

-- valerie see  ..texbell!techsup!qat!valsee
		seev@techsup.lonestar.org