Roy Marples wrote: > Looking over the bash man page, I cannot see the word recommended > anywhere near .bash_profile. Could you clarify where you think bash > recommends this? > > Thanks > > Roy > Why, sure. It's my interpretation, but a reasonable one, I think. It recommends it in its implementation, by creating .bash_profile in /etc/skel with content that implements a particular behavior. The documentation also states, "So, typically, your `~/.bash_profile' contains the line `if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then . ~/.bashrc; fi' after (or before) any login-specific initializations." And, lo, the .bash_profile file in /etc/skel has a functionally identical line in it. Doubly recommended, in a manner of speaking.
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