tobe Apr 23, 2009 #1 Hi, Code: 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
Hi, Code: 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 Administrator Staff member Administrator Moderator Apr 23, 2009 #2 tobe said: They seems to be hardlinked to /root/.cshrc and /root/.profile, editing one change the other. Click to expand... Correct. Why is there a .cshrc and a .profile in / ? Why the root ones ? Click to expand... Historic reasons. Root's "home" directory used to be /.
tobe said: They seems to be hardlinked to /root/.cshrc and /root/.profile, editing one change the other. Click to expand... Correct. Why is there a .cshrc and a .profile in / ? Why the root ones ? Click to expand... Historic reasons. Root's "home" directory used to be /.
