REDUCE

12.7 REDUCE Startup File

At the start of a REDUCE session, the system checks for the existence of a user’s startup file, and executes the REDUCE statements in it. This is equivalent to inputting the file with the in command.

To find the directory/folder where the file resides, the system checks the existence of the following environment variables:

1.
HOME,
2.
HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH together (Windows).

If none of these are set, the current directory is used. The file itself must be named either .reducerc or reduce.rc1.


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1If none of these exist, the system checks for a file called reduce.INIin the current directory. This is historical and may be removed in future.