Help needed in scripts execution

[Zishan]

Hi all,
I am trying to install oracle database on HP Tru 64 bit. For pre requisites I created Oracle user and edit the .login file with "umask 022" mention in the installation guide.
Now I am struck on a point that:

10. To run the shell startup script, enter one of the following commands:
■ Bash shell:
$ . ./.bash_profile
■ Bourne or Korn shell:
$ . ./.profile
■ C shell:
% source ./.login

Any body guide me how could I able to execute these scripts ?
where these scripts are located ?
regards

[Martin Moore · Accepted solution]

They're in the user's home directory. You might not see them with "ls" because files whose names start with a period are "hidden" files. If you do "ls -a", you'll see them.

To run them, simply run the command exactly as shown, excluding the first $ or % character, which is indicating a command prompt. For example, if running the Korn shell, enter:

. ./.profile

Note the space between the first two periods. The first period says to run the following script, while "./.profile" indicates the location of the script. This assumes that your current directory is set to the user's home directory.

If you're not even sure which shell you're using, enter "echo $SHELL" to find out.

Martin

[Arturo Galbiati]

Hello,
prior to execute the profile or login file accorning to your shell, take care that the file should be executable by the user.
In ksh type chmod u+x .profile
Rgds,
Art

[Steven Schweda]

> prior to execute the profile or login file
> accorning to your shell, take care that the
> file should be executable by the user.

This would be important if you were
_executing_ ",profile" or ".login" as shell
scripts, but that's not what's happening.
". ./.profile" or "source ./.login" tells the
shell to _read_ commands from that file,
_not_ to execute it as a shell script (in a
separate process). Thus, read permission is
needed, but execute permission is not.

But what do I know? Try it, and see what's
true.