Re: i

[Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>]

joost witteveen wrote:
> In an attempt to save the world from disaster, Herbert Xu wrote:
> > luther@skyinet.net wrote:
> > > 
> > > ( about each user having to make his own alias )
> > > 
> > > i thought you can use /etc/profile or something like that to make system wide aliases ?
> > 
> > No because aliases are not exported.  They have to reside in .bashrc.
> 
> No, /etc/profile is read just like .bashrc. You can have aliasses
> in /etc/profile (I do, and they are active in my shells).

Yes I know.  But what happens if you type bash again? Or perhaps a better
example would be a subshell from programs like elm? .bashrc is always read,
unlike /etc/profile

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