Re: How to add dir to path

["Manon Metten" <manon.metten@gmail.com>]

Hi Andrei,

On 8/10/07, Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:

Just look at your .bash_profile:

# ~/.bash_profile: executed by bash(1) for login shells.

And in .bashrc I find:

 # ~/.bashrc: executed by bash(1) for non-login shells.


So this is my conclusion:
Whenever I open a new bash window, .bash_profile is executed,
coz bash is invoked as: /bin/bash --login.

On the other hand, when I open a new session, obviously there's
no need to invoke it as /bin/bash --login and thus .bashrc is executed.


I found a very useful link to learn more about shells:
http://learnlinux.tsf.org.za/courses/build/shell-scripting/ch02.html



Thanks for your response, Manon.