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3 profile profile
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8 /DD/SYS/profile
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9 ./<homedir>/<user>/profile
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11 SUMMARY:
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13 Pseudo-environment variables file for the CoCo.
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15 DESCRIPTION:
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18 Since OS-9 Level 2 on the CoCo does not yet have true environment
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19 variables, UUCPbb attempts to emulates them. The file 'profile'
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20 contains the system and user's environment variables.
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22 The file /DD/SYS/profile contains the system default values.
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23 Each user can also set some of the environment variables by
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24 creating a file 'profile' in their root home (login) directory.
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26 If the user's profile exists, it will override the system
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27 profile. If it doesn't the system defaults are used.
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29 The file consists of one declaration per line with the format:
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31 variable=value
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33 There can be no space between on either '='. At present, the UUCP
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34 package only supports the variables: TERM, HOME, MAIL, SHELL, and
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35 EDITOR. For example:
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37 TERM=coco3
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38 HOME=/dd/usr
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39 MAIL=/h1/spool/mail
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40 EDITOR=ved
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41 SHELL=shell+
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43 In the case of SHELL, the value 'shell+' is suggested when
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44 referring to Shell+ v2.1 or later; while 'shell' refers to the
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45 original Microware Shell. Programs will have to internally figure
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46 how to make use of the shell environment if the system uses both
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47 Shell+ and the MW Shell or another shell.
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49 The user is allowed only to change the variables TERM, EDITOR and
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50 SHELL in their profile. The variables HOME and MAIL are reserved
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51 only for /DD/SYS/profile. If they appear in the user's profile,
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52 they are ignored. If HOME is not defined in the system profile,
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53 getenv() will use the password to try and determine the HOME
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54 environment of the user.
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