--- etc/profile.default~	2002-07-26 15:50:34.000000000 +0200
+++ etc/profile.default	2002-07-28 14:57:55.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:$PATH"
+unset DOSDRIVE
+unset DOSDIR
+unset TMPDIR
+unset TMP
+
+umask 022
 
 USER="`id -un`"
 
@@ -11,17 +17,93 @@
   mkdir -p "$HOME"
 fi
 
+if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ]; then
+  PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
+fi
+
 export HOME USER
 
+#mwe: set a HOSTNAME variable to the host name in lower case letters
+export HOSTNAME=`hostname|tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]'`
+
 for i in /etc/profile.d/*.sh ; do
   if [ -f $i ]; then
     . $i
   fi
 done
 
+# see: http://www.ibb.net/~anne/keyboard/keyboard.html#Bash
+if tty --quiet ; then
+        stty erase '^?'
+fi
+
+#mwe: create a .inputrc file that allows for case insensitive file/directory
+#mwe: completion and some more stuff
+if [ ! -e "/etc/inputrc" ]; then
+ cat  > /etc/inputrc << ENDENDEND
+# /etc/inputrc
+# This file is read by the 'readline' library
+# (the library which bash uses for its command-
+# line editing facility)
+
+"\e[3~": delete-char
+# this is actually equivalent to "\C-?": delete-char
+# VT
+"\e[1~": beginning-of-line
+"\e[4~": end-of-line
+# kvt
+"\e[H": beginning-of-line
+"\e[F": end-of-line
+# rxvt and konsole (i.e. the KDE-app...)
+"\e[7~": beginning-of-line
+"\e[8~": end-of-line
+
+# Make Insert work
+"\e[2~": paste-from-clipboard
+
+# Ignore case for the command-line-completion
+# functionality.
+#set completion-ignore-case On
+
+set meta-flag On
+set convert-meta Off
+set output-meta On
+
+# END of .inputrc
+ENDENDEND
+  chmod 644 /etc/inputrc
+fi
+
+export INPUTRC=/etc/inputrc
+export TERMINFO=/usr/share/terminfo
+export CVSROOT=:pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.cygnus.com:/cvs/src
+export TEMP=/tmp
+
 export MAKE_MODE=unix
-export PS1='\[\033]0;\w\007
+
+#mwe: There may be cases when you log on using ASH (/bin/sh) rather than BASH.
+#     in this case, you'll have to set up the prompt and lack of aliases
+#     differently.
+if [ ! -z "$BASH" ]; then
+  #mwe: set the prompt to include [user@host], current working directory,
+  #     {history number} and either $ or #.
+  export PS1='\[\033]0;\w\007
 \033[32m\]\u@\h \[\033[33m\w\033[0m\]
 $ '
+  cd $HOME
+  test -f ./.bashrc && . ./.bashrc
+
+  #mwe: if aliases files exist, read them.
+  test -f /etc/sh_aliases && . /etc/sh_aliases
+  test -f ./.aliases && . ./.aliases
+else
+  #mwe: Since Ash doesn't support aliases, we'll use a shell function to replace
+  #     the regular "cd" command with one that changes directory AND changes the
+  #     prompt to reflect the current directory.
+  cd() {
+    chdir $1
+    export PS1="[$USER@$HOSTNAME]`pwd`:\$ "
+  }
+  cd $HOME
+fi
 
-cd "$HOME"