Hi every one, which files are read automatically in KORN shell,when we open a termninal window...like in cshell..these files are .cshrc and .login. but wht abt korn shell ?..i wrote a script in .profile which is supposed to be executed everytime we open up a terminal window ..but it doesnot works ( this is new user so i created a .profile fm scratch fr this one)..the profile in /etc/profile does get executed when i move the .profile in user account. and even when i initialize .profile manually it works fine with following command. ->. ./.profile but its not getting executed automatically whenever we open a terminal window ?

As far as I was aware, KSH uses .profile but also .kshrc if you make one.. perhaps you could try .kshrc and see if it makes any difference? :)

.profile is more for setting system variables than for writing scripts. The correct way to run scripts on login is different from csh. ~/.profile is run once upon login. This should contain a variable called ENV. The filename contained in ENV will be run next. By convention, ENV is defined to contain ~/.kshrc The .kshrc file is executed every time a ksh is started within the login session. This is a better file to put your script into. Also, there is /etc/profile, which is run system wide.