Up Next Previous

## FILES

/etc/csh.cshrc
  Read first by every shell. ConvexOS, Stellix and Intel use /etc/cshrc and NeXTs use /etc/cshrc.std. A/UX, AMIX, Cray and IRIX have no equivalent in csh(1), but read this file in tcsh anyway. Solaris 2.x does not have it either, but tcsh reads /etc/.cshrc. (+)

/etc/csh.login
  Read by login shells after /etc/csh.cshrc. ConvexOS, Stellix and Intel use /etc/login, NeXTs use /etc/login.std, Solaris 2.x uses /etc/.login and A/UX, AMIX, Cray and IRIX use /etc/cshrc.

~/.tcshrc (+)
  Read by every shell after /etc/csh.cshrc or its equivalent.

~/.cshrc
  Read by every shell, if ~/.tcshrc doesn't exist, after /etc/csh.cshrc or its equivalent. This manual uses `~/.tcshrc' to mean `~/.tcshrc or, if ~/.tcshrc is not found, ~/.cshrc'.

~/.history
  Read by login shells after ~/.tcshrc if savehist is set, but see also histfile.

~/.login
  Read by login shells after ~/.tcshrc or ~/.history. The shell may be compiled to read ~/.login before instead of after ~/.tcshrc and ~/.history; see the version shell variable.

~/.cshdirs (+)
  Read by login shells after ~/.login if savedirs is set, but see also dirsfile.

/etc/csh.logout
  Read by login shells at logout. ConvexOS, Stellix and Intel use /etc/logout and NeXTs use /etc/logout.std. A/UX, AMIX, Cray and IRIX have no equivalent in csh(1), but read this file in tcsh anyway. Solaris 2.x does not have it either, but tcsh reads /etc/.logout. (+)

~/.logout
  Read by login shells at logout after /etc/csh.logout or its equivalent.

/bin/sh
  Used to interpret shell scripts not starting with a `#'.

/tmp/sh*
  Temporary file for `<<'.

/etc/passwd
  Source of home directories for `~name' substitutions.

The order in which startup files are read may differ if the shell was so compiled; see Startup and shutdown and the version shell variable.

Up Next Previous