Re: bash, but no .bashrc??

[Johannes Zarl <johannes.zarl@ahl.uni-linz.ac.at>]

>  If I explicitely invoke bash (typing 'bash' at the shell), .bashrc is
> executed properly, but if I simply log in (locally or remotely), it
> doesn't happen.  Can anyone explain what is going on here?

When bash is invoked as login-shell, it executes the commandos 
in.bash_profile, if that exists (if not it searches for .bash_login and 
finally for .profile). .bashrc is not being looked at.

To enable processing of your .bashrc, simply comment out the following 
lines in your .bash_profile:
## include .bashrc if it exists:
#if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
#    source ~/.bashrc
#fi

greetings, 
  Johannes Zarl
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