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>Both of those were already created by the older version of setup.exe. > >IMO, most of the stuff in your /etc/profile should be established by >setup. I don't like the idea of repeatedly checking to see if something >has been done when it should be done during the setup phase. That >slows down bash startup. > Yes, you are right. But if there's one change that should definetely survive, it's the usage of the profile.d directory. This is really helpfull for integrating x11r6 & other applications. >The only reason to do this that I can think of is that if the user >accidentally deletes /etc/passwd, it will be magically restored the >next time they run bash. I don't think that that is a strong argument >for this kind of activity in /etc/profile. > >cgf Agreed, but until now there was no mechanism for this --> that's why the ended up in /etc/profile. The next time I post something like this I will first test it on Win98, I promise! I saw the postings about the trouble the profile caused on win98. This seems to be a lesson that I still have to learn. Michael
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