Dr. Sacco:

Thank you for your swift reply. Unfortunately....

Joseph E. Sacco, Ph.D. wrote:
Where can I find, modify, or kill Terminal.app shell startup
items in Mac OS X (10.3.8)?

Take a look at:

/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app/Contents/Resources/Defaults.plist

It has an entry named "StartupFile".

I was extremely excited to read your message; it seemed like just the right solution (although, how does Apple get off keeping preference files *inside* the application?!). I just got here to work, eagerly opened the Terminal.app package bundle, opened Defaults.plist with a text editor...


and...

...there is nothing listed under StartupFile ('"StartupFile" = "";'). Rats!

I will keep poking around the drive. Although Apple has done an excellent job of keeping the "under the hood" workings of Mac OS X completely hidden from the casual user, they have also successfully kept the "under the hood" workings of Mac OS X completely hidden from the not so casual user. ;-)

I will report any success, under the heading "Off Topic."

Best wishes,
Clint

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Dr. Clinton C. MacDonald | <mailto:clint DOT macdonald AT sbcglobal DOT net>
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