Peter Risdon writes:The credit has been lost along the way, but I was quoting the man page.
When bash is invoked as an interactive login shell, or as a non-inter-
active shell with the --login option, it first reads and executes com-
mands from the file /etc/profile, if that file exists. After reading
that file, it looks for ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bash_login, and ~/.profile,
in that order, and reads and executes commands from the first one that
exists and is readable. The --noprofile option may be used when the
shell is started to inhibit this behavior.
********** Reply Separator ********** Sunday, February 29, 2004 6:01:48 PM
Peter, you stated the following:
When bash is invoked as an interactive login shell, or as a non-inter-active
shell with the --login option, it first reads and executes commands from the file /etc/profile, if that file exists. After reading that
file, it looks for ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bash_login, and >~/.profile, in that order, and reads and executes commands from the first one that
exists and is readable
If I am following you correctly, then having a ~/,bashrc, ~/.bashrc orI haven't ever tried multiple ~/.bashconfigfiles. FWIW, the idea that more than one might get read seems a little scary. If it was, trying to debug unexpected bash behaviour would certainly lead to a head-shaped crater in the wall by my desk.
~/.profile file is worthless, if bash reads only the first file that it
finds. I am referring in this scenario to the ~/.bash_profile file.
That isn't exactly what I gleamed from the "FreeBSD" book by AnneliseI'm sorry, but I haven't read this.
Anderson. Perhaps what she is referring to is an older version of bash.
I am not insinuating that you are incorrect; I am just trying to getAbsolutely.
the most accurate information in regards to how bash works.
PWR.
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