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"Illegal Variable Name" ...?
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Jun 1, 2003, 01:48 PM
 
I get this message on terminal startup when I have the path "/sw/bin.init.csh" in my .tcshrc file...

I have tried everything to get rid of the error with no luck. It is the only path I have in the .tcshrc file...

Anyone any ideas what may be causing it?

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Jun 1, 2003, 04:17 PM
 
Permissions ok? Would be my first shot.
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Jun 2, 2003, 04:27 AM
 
Cheers for the sugggestion! I played around with some of the file permissions and stuff, and the error has gone!

I don't really kow exactly why it has gone, but everything still works, so I must have done something right!

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Jun 2, 2003, 04:54 AM
 
I assume that you wanted to have shell settings for all your users, inluding root and admin. So the directory (all of them) this file is stored in must be crossable (set the executable tag) and the file itself must be readable to all. Other than that, some Unix apps are a bit special about permissions, so other rules might apply (sudoers file, for instance).

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