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<h3 class="section">3.4 Initialization Files</h3>
<p>SBCL processes initialization files with <code>read</code> and <code>eval</code>,
not <code>load</code>; hence initialization files can be used to set startup
<code>*package*</code> and <code>*readtable*</code>, and for proclaiming a global
optimization policy.
<ul>
<li><strong>System Initialization File</strong>
<p>Defaults to <samp><samp><span class="env">$SBCL_HOME</span></samp><span class="file">/sbclrc</span></samp>, or if that doesn't exist to
<samp><span class="file">/etc/sbclrc</span></samp>. Can be overridden with the command line option
<code>--sysinit</code> or <code>--no-sysinit</code>.
<p>The system initialization file is intended for system administrators
and software packagers to configure locations of installed third party
modules, etc.
<li><strong>User Initialization File</strong>
<p>Defaults to <samp><samp><span class="env">$HOME</span></samp><span class="file">/.sbclrc</span></samp>. Can be overridden with the
command line option <code>--userinit</code> or <code>--no-userinit</code>.
<p>The user initialization file is intended for personal customizations,
such as loading certain modules at startup, defining convenience
functions to use in the REPL, handling automatic recompilation
of FASLs (see <a href="FASL-Format.html#FASL-Format">FASL Format</a>), etc.
</ul>
<p>Neither initialization file is required.
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