Re: I'm embarassed. (Re: shell not reading login script)

2008-08-23 Thread Philip Guenther
2008/8/23 Joel Rees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 平成 20/08/22, at 19:21, Philip Guenther wrote: >> 2008/8/21 Joel Rees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: ... > When I start csh at the command line in xterm, csh sources .cshrc like I > expect. (That is, the flag shows up in the environment.) > > But neither sh nor ks

Re: I'm embarassed. (Re: shell not reading login script)

2008-08-23 Thread Joel Rees
On 平成 20/08/22, at 19:21, Philip Guenther wrote: 2008/8/21 Joel Rees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On 平成 20/08/21, at 12:12, Philip Guenther wrote: 2008/8/20 Joel Rees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: export PROFMARKER=".profile" would you believe I put that in .profile, like the marker said? ...etc Now tha

Re: I'm embarassed. (Re: shell not reading login script)

2008-08-22 Thread Philip Guenther
2008/8/21 Joel Rees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 平成 20/08/21, at 12:12, Philip Guenther wrote: > >> 2008/8/20 Joel Rees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> >>> export PROFMARKER=".profile" > > would you believe I put that in .profile, like the marker said? ...etc Now that you've said it, yes, I do. If you thin

Re: shell not reading login script

2008-08-21 Thread jared r r spiegel
On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 10:30:32AM +0900, Joel Rees wrote: > Added markers to each of .profile, login and .cshrc: > > PROFMARKER=".profile" > > etc. But none of the markers show up in a printenv, whether > I simply start a new xterm, or go to the trouble of logging out > and back in. when i hav

Re: I'm embarassed. (Re: shell not reading login script)

2008-08-21 Thread Joel Rees
On 平成 20/08/21, at 12:12, Philip Guenther wrote: 2008/8/20 Joel Rees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: export PROFMARKER=".profile" would you believe I put that in .profile, like the marker said? setenv CSHMARKER ".cshrc" would you believe I put that in .cshrc? setenv LOGINMARKER ".login" would yo

Re: I'm embarassed. (Re: shell not reading login script)

2008-08-20 Thread Philip Guenther
2008/8/20 Joel Rees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > export PROFMARKER=".profile" > setenv CSHMARKER ".cshrc" > setenv LOGINMARKER ".login" > > (hangs head in shame.) > > Except, csh picks up one marker, sh and ksh pick up none. So I'm > still puzzled I love how don't actually describe where you put those o

Re: shell not reading login script

2008-08-20 Thread Adriaan
On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 3:30 AM, Joel Rees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was thinking I wanted to set CVSROOT and PKG_PATH > in my login scripts, but the login scripts seem to be ignored. > > $ tail -1 /etc/passwd > admin:*:1000:1000:Big Shot:/home/admin:/bin/sh > > (User names changed to protec

I'm embarassed. (Re: shell not reading login script)

2008-08-20 Thread Joel Rees
export PROFMARKER=".profile" setenv CSHMARKER ".cshrc" setenv LOGINMARKER ".login" (hangs head in shame.) Except, csh picks up one marker, sh and ksh pick up none. So I'm still puzzled On 平成 20/08/21, at 10:30, Joel Rees wrote: Not sure whether this is better asked on misc or ppc, but it seem

shell not reading login script

2008-08-20 Thread Joel Rees
Not sure whether this is better asked on misc or ppc, but it seems like a general question. I'm trying to set up an ancient clamshell iBook. It boots, I've sent in the dmesg, now I'm prepping for updating to the patch branch via anoncvs. I was thinking I wanted to set CVSROOT and PKG_PATH in my