On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 13:26 +0100, Dan H wrote: > On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:03:07 +0000 > michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > .bashrc and .bash_profile are different. They are only reasonably > > > invoked by a bash shell, so it is safe to assume they are written > > > using bash syntax. They are, after all, configuration files for > > > bash, so what other language would they be written in? > > > > "reasonably"?! > > and where is it stated they are different? > > surely they should have the !# at the start too > > it's this implicitness that upsets me! > > They aren't even executable, so why should they have hash-bang?
aha, now that's a very good point! and perhaps the clearest reason: scripts are executable and require hash-bang (strictly they don't have to have that but it's useful to ensure they will run if they contain shell specifics) files associated with the innovation of a shell (such as .bashrc, .cshrc, .bash_profile) are not shells and are not executable and thus do not require hash-bang M -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
