Template Initialization Files

Template initialization files store the templates of user-level initialization files. Users can customize their environments by copying these template files to their home directories and modifying them.

The /etc/skel directory contains the following template files for the user-level initialization files:

  • local.profile

  • local.login

  • local.cshrc

The local.profile is copied to the .profile file in the home directory of the Bourne and the Korn shell users. Listing 7.2 shows a sample local.profile file in the /etc/skel directory.

Listing 7.2. A Sample /etc/skel/profile File
 # ident "@(#)local.profile 1.10 01/06/23 SMI" stty istrip PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/ucb:/etc:. export PATH # # If possible, start the windows system # if [ ...

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