source: clfs-embedded/BOOK/bootscripts/common/profile.xml@ 6d396081

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<sect1 id="ch-scripts-profile">
  <?dbhtml filename="profile.html"?>

  <title>Creating /etc/profile</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-scripts-profile">
    <primary sortas="e-/etc/profile">/etc/profile</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <para>Is the file that specifices how to your environment will function.</para>

  <para os="a">Now we will create the profile file for use with our system:</para>

<screen os="b"><userinput>cat &gt; ${CLFS}/etc/profile&lt;&lt; "EOF"
<literal># /etc/profile

# Set the initial path
export PATH=/bin:/usr/bin

if [ `id -u` -eq 0 ] ; then
        PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
        unset HISTFILE
fi

# Setup some environment variables.
export USER=`id -un`
export LOGNAME=$USER
export HOSTNAME=`/bin/hostname`
export HISTSIZE=1000
export HISTFILESIZE=1000
export PAGER='/bin/more '
export EDITOR='/bin/vi'

# End /etc/profile</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>

</sect1>