On Jan 12 08:06, Andy Koppe wrote: > On 11 January 2011 12:01, David Sastre wrote: > >>> Also, I'd appreciate opinions regarding the guard-like tests in some > >>> config files, namely /etc/profile, /etc/bash.bashrc, ~/.bash_profile > >>> and ~/.bashrc. I'm not very convinced about including them. > >> > >> Why do we need them? I don't see equivalent tests on Linux... > > > > There aren't, indeed. > > > > And re-thinking the idea, those tests are not needed in any of the > > files but maybe in /etc/bash.bashrc, which is definitely affected by > > changes in this version of base-files that modify the order in which > > startup files are read. > > I think you're right, the guard is only needed in /etc/bash.bashrc.
I'm a tcsh user so I only have a vague relationship to these startup files. Nevertheless, this sounds right to me. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat