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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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