HP NonStop G-Series - Manual (Page 49)

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Display of messages to your workstation
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The trap command
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Command aliases
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History variables
In the .profile file, an example of which is shown in Example 1 , environment variables are set
and exported, and shell variables are set. Table 10 explains each part of the file.
The values in the following example .profile file (and its description) may differ from the values
that are appropriate for your system and for your .profile file.
Example 1 .profile File
# Set environment variables
PATH=/bin:/usr/ucb
#PATH=/bin:/bin/unsupported:/usr/bin:/usr/ucb
MANPATH=/usr/share/man
ENV=$HOME/.profile
EDITOR=vi
FCEDIT=vi
PS1="'hostname' [!] $ "
TERM=xterm
# Export global variables
export PATH MANPATH ENV EDITOR FCEDIT PS1 TERM
# Set shell variables
set -o monitor
set -o trackall
set -o noclobber
# Set command aliases
alias rm='rm -i '
alias rename='mv '
alias h 'history !* | more'
alias l 'ls -l'
alias c clear
# Set history variables
HISTSIZE=40
# Set file creation permissions
umask 027
Table 10 describes each line of Example 1 .
Table 10 Description of Example .profile File
Description Line
Comment line. # Set environment variables
Specifies the search path. In this case, /bin is searched first and
/usr/ucb
is searched second. Note: /usr/ucb contains the OSS
ftp client.
PATH=/bin:/usr/ucb
Comment line. Can be used to specify an alternate search path that
includes the unsupported utilities. #PATH=/bin:/bin/unsupported:
/usr/bin:/usr/ucb
Specifies the search path for online reference pages (man pages).
The MANPATH variable can be used to specify paths to directories
containing different translations of MAN pages. MANPATH=/usr/share/man
Specifies $HOME/.profile as the default shell environment. ENV=$HOME/.profile
Example .profile File 49