Useful entries to add to your .cshrc file


Your .cshrc file is executed whenever you open a terminal window in an UNIX environment, Mac OS X or Solaris. You can add commands in the .cshrc file (using a text editor like vi or emacs) that will make your work in UNIX more productive. Here are some useful entries you can add (lines starting with # are interpreted as comments and can be included without harm).

# Limit to zero the size of a core dump file (diagnostic file created by the system
# when a process crashes)

limit coredumpsize 0

# Unlimit the size of a file you generate.

unlimit filesize

# Unlimit the time your processes take to run.

unlimit cputime

# Set the TCSH command line editor to Emacs (by default it is
# set to the vi editor)

bindkey -e

# The cdpath environment variable can be set to facilitate
# changing directories quickly.  The cd command will search the
# list of paths defined in the cdpath variable for the directory
# provided as its argument.
# For example, supposing you are in your home directory on the
# server (~)  and wish to change directory to a local folder,
# say /Users/Shared/myfolder/statm11.  If you had the cdpath variable
# set to include /Users/Shared/myfolder, you could change directory 
# into statm11 by simply typing cd statm11.
# The paths included below exist on Mac OS X systems.  /Users/Shared
# is the workstation's local space where you can keep files.  ~/Sites
# is your web folder on the server.

set cdpath=(~ /Users/Shared ~/Sites)

# Set library paths for R, allows you to install your own packages in /Users/Shared/username

setenv R_LIBS /Users/Shared/username:/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/
Resources/library

 


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