Re: Login Shells

2002-12-05 Thread Keith Winston
compatibility and cruft, bash login shells look for three special files and execute the first one they find of: ~/.bash_profile ~/.bash_login ~/.profile A default Red Hat installs a .bash_profile so it is not much of an issue, but other distros don't. Also, there are many other init f

Re: Login Shells

2002-12-04 Thread Havoc Pennington
On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 11:35:33PM -0500, Joshua Melbourne White wrote: > Can someone explain to me what login shells are and what are the > difference between them? (BASH, ect.). Also, on a side note, I would > like to thank everyone so far for answering all my questions. This list >

Re: Login Shells

2002-12-04 Thread Mel Seder
--- Joshua Melbourne White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can someone explain to me what login shells are and what are the > difference between them? (BASH, ect.). Also, on a side note, I would > like to thank everyone so far for answering all my questions. This > list >

Login Shells

2002-12-04 Thread Joshua Melbourne White
Can someone explain to me what login shells are and what are the difference between them? (BASH, ect.). Also, on a side note, I would like to thank everyone so far for answering all my questions. This list has helped me a lot. -- Joshua Melbourne White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Psych