David Greer ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
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: The following are my comments on the contents of /etc/profile as it is
: distributed on MPE/iX C.50.00.  These comments are personal and
...
: > #     COPYRIGHT (c) Hewlett-Packard Company 1992, All Rights Reserved.
: > # Default system wide configuration file for the MPE/iX Shell and Utilities
...
: > # set up the default path to include only the .2 utilities and the current
: > # directory
: > export PATH='/bin:.'
 
Wait a minute...on Unix machines, it's generally strongly recommended
that you *don't* have "." in the default path.  (something about
potential security holes)
 
Does this mean that MPE/iX (Posix) isn't emulating Unix security holes too?
:)    In short: does HP *really* want to use that default PATH?
 
: I don't find this a very good choice as the default shell prompt.
 
(I started a separate thread for "shell prompt")
 
: a lot more "cd" commands in the shell than I do "CHDIR" commands in
: MPE, so I find that it becomes critical that I know my current
: directory.
 
Yes.  I add the machine name to the prompt, as well.  This is very
important when using a workstation with multiple windows.
 
: > export TZ=GMT0
: >
 
Maybe it should default to PST8PDT?  :)   (where I suspect the
largest percentage of HP3000s exist)
 
Mostly, I agree with David's comments...thanks!
 
 
Stan Sieler