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SPECIAL FILES USER FILES 09-Aug-1991
You may have wondered what are those files, starting with a
'.' in your home directory. This hopefully explains the use
of them.
NAME .login and .logout
DESCRIPTION
These files are executed every time you login or logout. Its
main use is to allow configurable login-sequence, where users
can display files and run any commands they wish. All aliases
and variables are also set in .login.
EXAMPLE
.login may contain:
who shows who's in
NAME .signature
DESCRIPTION
.signature resides in your home directory and it is used by
mail and rn-programs when you send mail or post articles.
It is automagically appended to your letters and articles,so
you might like to edit it..
NAME .plan and .project
DESCRIPTION
These files are used when a user wants to get information
about you.There is a command 'finger',which takes a username
as an argument and then shows information about that user.
You might try for example 'finger root'. Plan and project-
files are good places for your contact address, phone etc.
NAME .lastlogin
DESCRIPTION
Every time you login in the system the shell stores the time
and date to .lastlogin . There is no other use of it but
security. You can monitor if someone has used you account.
NAME .letter and .article
DESCRIPTION
These files contain the last mail letter and news article
you have edited.
NAME .mailrc and .newsrc
DESCRIPTION
With the help of these files mail and rn remember what
letters and articles you have read recently,you really don't
want to reread them.
NAME .ircrc
DESCRIPTION
This file contains some definitions for the irc program. You
can change display colors and you initial Nick-name.
NAME .mbox
DESCRIPTION
When you exit mail with q,it appends all messages you didn't
delete to the .mbox. If you exit with x, messages will be
held in the system mailbox file.