> -----Original Message----- > From: Siposs Attila [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 1 February 2005 3:40 AM > To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com > Subject: Re: [newbie] Isn't ~/.bash_profile sourced only at login ? > > > 2005. január 31. 07.21 dátummal Hugh Dixon ezt írta: > > >-----Original Message----- > > > > I'm not sure if I'm hijacking this thread, but, for my > interest, could > > someone who does know explain what this script does/how it works? > > > > (It's the stuff in the [*] that isn't obvious to me...) > > > > Thanks, > > > > Hugh > from man bash: > 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. > > When a login shell exits, bash reads and executes > commands from the > file ~/.bash_logout, if it exists. > > When an interactive shell that is not a login shell > is started, bash > reads and executes commands from ~/.bashrc, if that > file exists. This > may be inhibited by using the --norc option. The > --rcfile file option > will force bash to read and execute commands > from file instead of > ~/.bashrc. > > greetings > Ati > >
Thanks! Hugh
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