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How can I make certain variables be automatically set upon login ?

April 26, 2017automatically certain LOGIN variables

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How can I make certain variables be automatically set upon login ?

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This depends on which shell you are using. For instance, if your shell is csh, or tcsh, you would include the variable setting lines in your .cshrc file. If you are using sh, or ksh, then the appropriate file to modify would be ~/.profile whereas with bash, you would make the inclusion in ~/.