/.cshrc and /.profile

[tobe]

Hi,

ls -l /
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 834 Apr 23 14:36 .cshrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 260 Apr 23 14:41 .profile
...
They seems to be hardlinked to /root/.cshrc and /root/.profile, editing one change the other.

Why is there a .cshrc and a .profile in / ? Why the root ones ?

Thanks,
Tobé

[SirDice]

They seems to be hardlinked to /root/.cshrc and /root/.profile, editing one change the other.
Correct.

Why is there a .cshrc and a .profile in / ? Why the root ones ?
Historic reasons. Root's "home" directory used to be /.