Important Files in Your Home Directory

Name Description
cshrc C-shell initialization command; run at each csh invocation
emacs Start-up file for GNU Emacs
exrc Start-up commands for ex and vi editors
forward Contains an address that tells /usr/lib/sendmail where to forward your electronic mail
history C-shell history
kshrc Korn shell start-up file
login C-shell initialization command script; run only on login
logout C-shell commands executed automatically on logout
mailrc Mail start-up file
netrc Initialization and macros for FTP
procmailrc Commands and macros for procmail mail agent
profile Bourne- and Korn-shell initialization commands
rhosts Contains the names of the remote accounts that can log into your account via rsh and rlogin without providing a password
XDefaults, .Xinit, .XResource, .Xsession X Window System start-up files
xinitrc Start-up file for xinit