Re: .bashrc

["E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)" <tgakem@sg10.chem.tue.nl>]

> 
> Hi all,
> does anyone know which (and where) is the *system-wide* .bashrc file?

Let me quote from .... the bash man page!

------------------------------------------------------------------------
INVOCATION
       A login shell is one whose  first  character  of  argument
       zero is a -, or one started with the -login flag.

       An  interactive shell is one whose standard input and out-
       put are both connected  to  terminals  (as  determined  by
       isatty(3)), or one started with the -i option.  PS1 is set
       and $- includes i if bash is interactive, allowing a shell
       script or a startup file to test this state.

       Login shells:
         On login (subject to the -noprofile option):
               if /etc/profile exists, source it.

               if ~/.bash_profile exists, source it,
                 else if ~/.bash_login exists, source it,
                   else if ~/.profile exists, source it.

         On exit:
               if ~/.bash_logout exists, source it.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

So the closest to a global .bashrc would be /etc/profile.

Eric Meijer


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