/bin/sh does not read profile

[Bertram Scharpf]

Hi Frank,

Am Donnerstag, 05. Mär 2009, 04:15:05 +0000 schrieb Frank Shute:
> On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 04:08:03PM +0100, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
> > from "man sh":
> > 
> >    Invocation
> >      [...]  the shell inspects
> >      argument 0, and if it begins with a dash (`-'), the shell is also consid-
> >      ered a login shell.  [...] A login shell first reads commands from the
> >      files /etc/profile and then .profile in a user's home directory, if they
> >      exist.  [...]
> > 
> > I use Slim (X login manager) which calls
> > 
> >   exec /bin/sh - ~/.xinitrc
> 
> I've never before seen the syntax you've used and I think it comes
> from a misunderstanding of the manpage for sh and/or it's a bashism or
> a typo.

It's the original FreeBSD port.

> E.g:
> 
> /bin/sh -c somecommand     (login shell - arg 0 starts with a dash)

Sorry, this doesn't call /etc/profile either.

  $ uname -v
  FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE #0: Thu Jan  1 14:37:25 UTC 2009 root at logan.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC

Bertram


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