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

[Rodney Richison <rodney@rcrcomputing.com>]

Mike McCarty wrote:

> 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


Might he need to do this in his .bashrc (or /etc/bash.bashrc on a single
user system) to make this work?
sources /home/me/my_startup

BTW, you can use functions in that file or the .bashrc file ex. (note
the @ sign will take whatever the perimeter is to be..
######################
# Functions
######################

function mfloppy    { mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy; }
function umfloppy   { umount /mnt/floppy; }

function mdvd       { mount -t iso9660 -o ro /dev/dvd /mnt/dvd; }
function umdvd      { umount /mnt/dvd; }

function mcdrom     { mount -t iso9660 -o ro /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom; }
function umcdrom    { umount /mnt/cdrom; }

function vib        { vi ~/.bashrc; }

# handy grep function
function gw         { grep $@ /etc/* -d recurse -l; }
function sources    { vi /etc/apt/sources.list; }
# Handy function for doing ssh to multiple servers in the same domain
function ssh-r      {ssh -l root $@.example.com; }
# Shorten the line to restart a service
function restart    { /etc/init.d/$@ restart; }

-- 
Highest Regards,

Rodney Richison
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