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Re: Setting TERM in single user mode



On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 01:10:08PM +0100, David Brownlee wrote:
>        - The /.profile changes *only* affect single user mode,
>          as only in that case will the home directory be '/'

This is not true; if $HOME is missing one (sometimes?) gets '/' as a
fallback.

Not that tset should be harmful in that case, but it's best not to
reason from incorrect premises. :-)

-- 
David A. Holland
dholland%netbsd.org@localhost


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