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Customizing PremVet 5 startup.

You can alter the way users are presented with PremVet5 when they log in to the system.

Whenever a user logs into the system a file called '.profile' in their home directory is executed. This file controls what action is taken, .profile is a standard text file and can be edited with vi, ste, pico etc.

Normally it will be the last line of this screen that controls the startup.

  • exec scosh

    This is the default setting. Whenever the user logs into the system they are presented with a desktop allowing them to select the required option from a window. This allows the flexibility to add extra applications to the users screen. However, it is memory greedy and if you are short of memory you are advised to disable this feature.

  • exec vet

    This setting will automatically run only PremVet5 and is the default.

    In the examples above the line starts with 'exec', this tells the system to run the command (either scosh or vet) and then log the user off when the application finishes. If you want to leave the user logged in you should remove the 'exec'.

    You should consider the requirements of each user, if they only use PremVet5 then alter their profile to 'exec vet', if they use PremVet5, e-mail and other applications then alter .profile to 'exec scosh' and configure scosh to run the required applications.

    If you take the line out altogether then the user will be left at the command line ($), where they can run the required applications by typing the name e.g. vet, mail.