Re: bash

["Arthur H. Johnson II" <arthur@linuxbox.nu>]

Typically .bashrc should return no output.  If it did, scp and ssh will
not work properly.  Rsync will refuse to run.  So .bashrc should have
aliases etc while .bash_profile should have stuff like you only need to
set once, like your path and any app variables (PILOTRATE, etc) and maby a
fortune command at the end to send out a random fortune cookie.  So the
general rule is there should be no output from .bashrc.


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On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Andrei Smirnov wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 04:39:54PM -0500, Bruce Park wrote:
> > Dear debian users,
> >
> > My understanding with the original Bourne shell was that when it starts up,
> > it will execute .profile in the users home directory. How does this work in
> > bash? I have a .bash_profile but I know that it isn't executed since my
> > PATH variable isn't updated everytime I log on.
> >
> > bp
> >
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> aa ... .bash_profile executed 100%
> maybe in a .bashrc , sourced from it, the PATH changes?
> bash executes /etc/profile , ~/.bash_profile , ~/.bash_login and ~/.profile
> or you enabled --noprofile option
> or its not your $HOME ?? thanx for listening .nya  .. reading
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