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The .profile file is only loaded once (for your login shell) subsequent shells should be initialized by setting ENV=$HOME/.kshrc (for ksh). Bash users can use $HOME/.bash_profile for the login shell environment and $HOME/.bashrc.
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Last Update May 13 2007 @ 00:21 AM