[Gllug] .bash_profile & .bashrc

[Andrew Black (li)]

Thanks Stuart Pip and Doug

> 1) login shell
> /etc/profile
> ~/.bash_profile
> ~/.bashrc : called from ~/.bash_profile (Mandrake may not do this)
> /etc/bashrc : called from ~/.bashrc (ditto)
> /etc/profile.d/* : run by a loop in /etc/profile
>
> 2) non-login shell
> ~/.bashrc
> /etc/bashrc : as above
> /etc/profile.d/* : run by a loop in /etc/bashrc

Yep - that summarises what is going on.

I hadnt appreciated the difference betwee login and non-login shells, and
why they need to be treated differently. These explanations have clarified
it.



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