Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 13:39:51 +0100 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tcsh login question .... Message-ID: <20140810133951.6cec14fd@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <20140810110733.GC26958@slackbox.erewhon.home> References: <53E66800.8000005@hiwaay.net> <20140810110733.GC26958@slackbox.erewhon.home>
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On Sun, 10 Aug 2014 13:07:33 +0200 Roland Smith wrote: > On Sat, Aug 09, 2014 at 01:27:12PM -0500, William A. Mahaffey III > wrote: > > > > > > .... when I shell into my newly minted FreeBSD 9.3 desktop, or > > login w/ a console login, everything under tcsh gets initialized > > AOK. I then activated xdm to manage logins (I like it that way), > > the /ect/csh.login file clearly does *not* get sourced. I have > > many aliases, prompt setting, & other goodies which are absent. The > > tcsh manpage clearly says it will be sourced at login, what gives ? > > The /etc/csh.login files is only read by *login* shells. The last time I looked (in KDE 3) KDM did simulate a login, but the more basic managers just provide a fixed environment.
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