Re: I'm really confused by bash, .bashrc, .bash_profile, .profile, etc, etc, etc

[Mike McCarty <mike.mccarty@sbcglobal.net>]

Alvin Oga wrote:
> hi ya
>
>
> > forgot-who started it
>
>
> > > Is there a good system for setting variables, aliases, etc that need to be
> > > set for user X, whether I log in at a login prompt or using su?  I'm
> > > confused by all the different .profile options (there are at least 3 for
> > > bash, why is that?)
>
>
> why ?? because ... long history ...
>
> general rule ...
>
> 	- if you're confused .. do NOT change files in anything other
> 	than your own home directory  "/home/you"

My solution to this nonsense is to have a file

/home/me/my_startup

It is not a "dot" file, so I can *see* it. I dislike "hiding"
those files. Then I build

/home/me/.funky_namedrc

which is specific to whatever shell I'm using, and put
lines in it to set a variable indicating which shell is
running, to load

/home/me/my_startup

Then all edits take place in /home/me/my_startup.

Obviously, this can only take into account differences
among very similar shells, like sh, ksh, bsh, and bash.
It can't work for both bash and csh.

Mike
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