[Gllug] .bash_profile & .bashrc

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On Monday 30 Aug 2004 09:02, Andrew Black (li) wrote:
> Hi
> I am confused between the files - .bash_profile & .bashrc
> I am trying to put some customised alias and $PATH etc and am finding things
> are different between a Konsole session and an SSH session.

They are? How's that?
 
> What is the rationale for putting things into either file.

Configuration of the bash environment for either your system or for individual 
users, at a wild guess.

> On related point, if I want soemthing to be defined for all users, is it
> legit to create  it to a file in  the directory /etc/profile.d.
> I have done this and it works but it appears tobe called twice (so if you
> add to $PATH it happens twice :-( )

Aah, you might want to configure PATH in /etc/bashrc, along with default 
prompts and so forth.


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