Re: Bash & .bashrc

[ktb <x.y.f@home.com>]

On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 04:40:25PM -0500, Colin Cashman wrote:
> I have .bashrc set up to support color ls, but .bashrc isn't called when I log in.
> 
> 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?
> 

I put the following in my .bash_profile

if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
    source ~/.bashrc
fi

hth,
kent

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