SillyDog701

[jodene]

Hi, I'm trying to put a .login file in my home directory to set some paths. I have copied the csh.login file to my home directory and edited it. Then, I changed it's name to .login and now, although I can edit the file with vi, the file is no longer listed when I use dir or ls to see what's in my home directory. Also, the file does not seem to be read when I log out and then on again because the paths are not set. Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks!
Jodene

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[jubalj]

Hey Jodene,

.login is not visible when you ls because in linux files preceeded with a '.' are considered to be hidden files. If you want to see all the '.'files in your home directory you need to use the '-a' parameter with ls (ls -a)

I cant understand why you wouldnt see it if you relogged in. Are you sure you are using csh as your default shell (set in /etc/passwd) [different shells use login scripts see: http://www.ia.pw.edu.pl/js/os/w04.pdf]. Try inserting the command 'fortune' into .login (or uptime or uname -a if you dont have fortune installed), might give you a better idea if the scipt is being execute.

Jubal

Edit:fixed typos

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