The following example shows a sample of the .profile user initialization file. You can use this sample file as a template to customize your own user initialization files. This example uses system names and paths that you will need to modify for your particular site.
Example 1-2 .profile FilePATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/gnu/bin: User's shell serach path MAIL=/var/mail/$LOGNAME Path to user's mail file NNTPSERVER=server1 User's time/clock server MANPATH=/usr/share/man:/usr/local/man User's search path for man pages PRINTER=printer1 User's default printer umask 022 User's default file creation permissions export PATH MAIL NNTPSERVER MANPATH PRINTER Sets the listed environment variables