[techtalk] yet another solaris question ...

[Christian MacAuley]

> > Given that you're running tcsh, you'll probably need the .cshrc
file. This
> > file is also good for setting up aliases and the like.

Oddly no such file exists on this infernal contraption.  Grrr.  I
added my line to the /etc/.login script instead, and it works fine :-)

> yep, but a small addendum: it's probably better to do
> set PATH=$PATH:/extra/stuff/goes/here:/more/stuff/here/too
> then to just copy the existing path and then add to it; that way, if
> various sysadminny things need to modify the path that's in
/etc/passwd,
> they still can, and the .cshrc just sources the standard path and
adds
> to it.

Yes, yes.  Good idea :-)

Thanx grrls!

~Christian

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