Example—.profile File

1 PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:. 
2 MAIL=/var/mail/$LOGNAME 
3 NNTPSERVER=server1 
4 MANPATH=/usr/share/man:/usr/local/man 
5 PRINTER=printer1 
6 umask 022 
7 export PATH MAIL NNTPSERVER MANPATH PRINTER 

1. Defines the user's shell search path.

2. Defines the path to the user's mail file.

3. Defines the user's Usenet news server.

4. Defines the user's search path for man pages.

5. Defines the user's default printer.

6. Sets the user's default file creation permissions.

7. Sets the listed environment variables.