What you've observed is correct behavior.
Things like PATH enhancements/changes belong in .bash_profile (as that file has
'generally' replaced the .profile functionality of yesteryear). Also, putting
new things into the PATH variable, should always be done at the end, not the
beginning.Thus: PATH="x:${PATH}" is bad form and introduces potential security
vulnerabilities.And: PATH="${PATH}:x" is correct.
Yes, PS1 is also an environment variable (PATH is too) that should be set
and/or adjusted to suit a local user in their .bashrc.Also, yes, aliases and
functions should be established/assigned in .bashrc, too.
Thank you.
R,-Joe
On Monday, December 2, 2024 at 06:52:34 AM EST, Tim
<ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
On Sun, 2024-12-01 at 18:52 +0000, Joe Wulf via users wrote:
> For what it is worth, locally changing things like PS1 and
> environment variable assignments should be made in .bashrc, not
> .bash_profile.
Long ago I remember trying to figure out where to put PS1, since it did
work in either one, but it wasn't clear where it really belonged.
On one PC I have this:
---------------------------------------------------
[tim@rocky ~]$ cat .bashrc# .bashrc
# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
. /etc/bashrc
fi
export PS1="\[\e[44m\][\u@\h \w]\$\[\e[0m\] "
# Uncomment the following line if you don't like systemctl's auto-paging
feature:
# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=
# User specific aliases and functions
---------------------------------------------------
(Root gets a red highlight, instead, it makes a good warning, as well
as making it easier to find the various prompts and inputs when
scrolling through.)
And this:
---------------------------------------------------
[tim@rocky ~]$ cat .bash_profile
# .bash_profile
# Get the aliases and functions
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
. ~/.bashrc
fi
# User specific environment and startup programs
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/bin
export PATH
---------------------------------------------------
But... isn't PS1= an environment variable? And the .bash_profile
comment would seem to suggest they belong in there.
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