On Thu, 25 Mar 1999, J. D. Kent wrote:
> I've been trying to be good and learn by myself with asking too many
> newbie questions, but I'm finally confused.
>
> System: Slackware 3.1.0 Linux 2.0.27
> running very basic system on an older 386 laptop, 4 meg ram, 60 meg h/d
> with 9.5 meg swap
>
> The book I've been reading, along with other info talks about such
files
> as .profile, .login, .bash_profile, and .bashrc. It also mentions
> finding these files in my home directory. Well, no amount of ls -a
finds
> any of those files. What I do find is:
> .bash_history
> .less
> .lessrc
>
> Questions: Are some of these files setup when I install a fuller
system?
Some packages _add_ things to the environment, and might touch or create
.bashrc or .bash_profile, but basically, if you want to customize bash,
you've got to make the files yourself.
> Or are these files something I
need to set up myself?
> Also, if I delete the .bash_history file when it gets too big, does
bash
> create a new one?
>
It will, when you logout and it wants to remember what you typed that
session, so it can recall them for you when you hit up arrow next time.
> Thanks for any help,
>
> Dave
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