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RE: /etc/profile in BASH
- To: "Masterson, Dave" <dmasters at rational dot com>, "'cygwin at sources dot redhat dot com'" <cygwin at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Subject: RE: /etc/profile in BASH
- From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 11:25:35 -0700 (PDT)
--- "Masterson, Dave" <dmasters@rational.com> wrote:
> I didn't realize that a login BASH doesn't execute ~/.bashrc. Be that as it
> may, I think it should be the decision of ~/.bash_profile (or ~/.profile)
> whether to execute ~/.bashrc -- *NOT* /etc/profile. Putting this into
> /etc/profile makes it too BASH-centric. What about the [T]CSH users? Also,
> what about ~/.bash_login files (as described in the MAN page)?
>
IIRC [t]csh doesn't user /etc/profile. Use the source, Luke. (tm)
Cheers,
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Earnie Boyd
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