Re: Bash & .bashrc

[Richard Cobbe <cobbe@directlink.net>]

Lo, on Wednesday, March 7, Colin Cashman did write:

> I have .bashrc set up to support color ls, but .bashrc isn't called when
> I log in.

As expected.  See bash's man page (specifically the `INVOCATION' section)
for a discussion of the startup sequence.

> If I subsequently start a new shell, however, or 'source .bashrc' then
> the file is read and processed.
> 
> What's the best way to handle this so it's done automagically upon
> logging in? Just throw "source .bashrc" onto the end of the .bash_profile
> file?

Basically, yes.

Richard