How to automatic load .profile in Solaris 10

Question

I have set some of my default PATH that I wanted to run in the .profile. However the machine forget it everytime I logout and I have to reload the profile everytime by typeing source ./.profile

Is there a way to set it to startup or something similar ?

Why do you need to launch `./.profile` instead of `.profile`? Do you mean that `.` is not in your path? — Dominique, Apr 29 '16 at 11:19

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 30 '16 at 10:40

As you are using source, you are likely using bash given the fact source is not supported by /bin/ksh or /bin/sh under Solaris.

Bash is reading .bash_profile when it exists and in such case, ignores ~/.profile.

You then need to set your PATH in .bash_profile.

How to automatic load .profile in Solaris 10

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