.profile in slack

coolfrog · 02-03-2005, 11:30 AM

Hey,
Where is the .profile file located in slackware.I need to change the PATH in it.

xushi · 02-03-2005, 11:31 AM

/etc/profile is the main one

egag · 02-03-2005, 12:14 PM

...or put it in your home-dir as " ~/.profile "

egag

coolfrog · 02-04-2005, 01:32 AM

Thanx for the reply. But i was searching for the .profile for specific user inorder to edit the path there. But ~/.profile doesn't exists.

slakmagik · 02-04-2005, 06:05 AM

Unless you've changed it, the only thing in /etc/skel is .screenrc. So if you want to give a user a specific path, you (or they) will need to create their configuration files.

egag · 02-04-2005, 06:18 AM

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But ~/.profile doesn't exists.
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...you can just make it with " $touch ~/.profile ".
then put all user specific bash-settings inthere.

egag

DaWallace · 02-04-2005, 06:25 AM

it doesn't matter that it doesn't exist... if you create one it'll work

ringwraith · 02-04-2005, 06:56 AM

I would recommend you read through man bash. It gives you a run down on what setting files are read and in what order.