On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 08:09:08 -0400 "John R. Graham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mike, I agree. But, the file that _must_ exist isn't "~/.bashrc" but > "~/.bash_profile".
That's wrong. Quote:
"When bash is invoked as an interactive login shell, or as a non-inter-
active shell with the --login option, it first reads and executes com-
mands from the file /etc/profile, if that file exists. After reading
that file, it looks for ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bash_login, and ~/.profile,
in that order, and reads and executes commands from the first one that
exists and is readable. The --noprofile option may be used when the
shell is started to inhibit this behavior."
Notice "the first one that exists and is readable".
> If "~/.bash_profile" doesn't exist, then "~/.bashrc" won't be sourced
> whether it exists or not.
Wrong again. Two paragraphs down in the man page:
"When an interactive shell that is not a login shell is started, bash
reads and executes commands from ~/.bashrc, if that file exists."
In this case ~/.bashrc is sourced directly.
Cheers,
Renat
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