Re: Xterm

[Jim <jimb@crate.alongtheway.com>]

On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Eric Gillespie, Jr. wrote:

> No, you're thinking of .profile and .bash_profile, which are only read in
> login shells.

True.  (Same holds for .bash_login.  Note that only one of these is ever
read: the first one found, in this order: .bash_profile, .bash_login,
.profile.)


> .bashrc is read by bash in all interactive shells

I don't believe this is correct.  .bashrc is only read by interactive
non-login shells, and is *not* read by login shells.