Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 13:07:33 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions !!!! <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: tcsh login question .... Message-ID: <20140810110733.GC26958@slackbox.erewhon.home> In-Reply-To: <53E66800.8000005@hiwaay.net> References: <53E66800.8000005@hiwaay.net>
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--WplhKdTI2c8ulnbP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Aug 09, 2014 at 01:27:12PM -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >=20 >=20 > .... when I shell into my newly minted FreeBSD 9.3 desktop, or login w/= =20 > a console login, everything under tcsh gets initialized AOK. I then=20 > activated xdm to manage logins (I like it that way), the /ect/csh.login= =20 > file clearly does *not* get sourced. I have many aliases, prompt=20 > setting, & other goodies which are absent. The tcsh manpage clearly says= =20 > it will be sourced at login, what gives ? The /etc/csh.login files is only read by *login* shells. X11 terminal emulators do not always use a login shell. You often need to start the terminal emulator with an option to do that. If you put your customizations in /etc/csh.cshrc instead of /etc/csh.login, that won't be an issue. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://rsmith.home.xs4all.nl/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 5753 3324 1661 B0FE 8D93 FCED 40F6 D5DC A38A 33E0 (keyID: A38A33E0) --WplhKdTI2c8ulnbP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJT51J1AAoJEED21dyjijPghMsQAI/YRAsK6ioUB8BZ7tAQsHYR NWIRzpJ52ya8opOO5Y87q6pzIoQeFDIGLUvxzUzXmF2FAVUX5VqlcDi+sJECurxT S0J3dbr/MFtlaKuAg5BQp1JYoVS9d0GHCpOrYp8jTYIpuztmUe4CcbEnu4f6uaAv oW5z9hrrt0+lStlyHAPB0/L5tLLyigvvpaplbxECxsQnsCDX2LA4w1Xmpy8Xqsrx 4sj66kZaFOfv4XWcX1KaPeZpv8htQsU8eqdLnMOleuAaQk9egRsCQuRi32pNBCyo Y0yNbn8u4nw6Jm+Uf0iyYV/STn/UB3R97Y4LuaekIA2f28b79EFle4OAeiGLQ+rW 7DyUClvoAGu09R+DXDZpKgoRdP+MHwB8TWPAmWhINrtdfz8RCWpMNBsObVUZmGoV ovcj6Q62suP2MsBnuKajxsMuCD0A8sOqO8imrAeIximbggAV2XXVX6p0L71B4/2G WX8fLpT0PNzAGOAuDoq214ybxJs4J/us3G19JWEqUJdN8oWDOqErN9XuDGnNevcd wRwTOnaOg1RGYEgsnClQ6YrrXhuN2l+hqqyDJi3+1kqNoMhhZt7Zd2pyeTZAe2d5 PRPQsJva3GJpBL960vA/E0fgsfaFZ92ludlx6XN2nmVffm1xVfWVpvOko1wVCOgN P03QuyVekHDIvHjGc/Jx =SfRv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --WplhKdTI2c8ulnbP--
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