On 02-Mar-99 Gregory T. Norris wrote: > On Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 11:24:43PM -0000, Pollywog wrote: >> I just found out that in RedHat, .profile is called .bash_profile >> Is the same true in Debian? When I used OpenLinux, they were separate >> files. > > If I remember correctly, bash will look for .bash_profile first, and > will "fall through" to using .profile if the former isn't found. You > should be able to find the specifics with "man bash" - look for the > INVOCATION section. > You are right. It comes as a surprise to me though. It will take me years to really know Linux.
-- Andrew
