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- SPECIAL FILES USER FILES 09-Aug-1991
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-
- 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.
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