Mail Archives: cygwin/2000/09/29/12:43:35
I didn't realize that a login BASH doesn't execute ~/.bashrc. Be that as it
may, I think it should be the decision of ~/.bash_profile (or ~/.profile)
whether to execute ~/.bashrc -- *NOT* /etc/profile. Putting this into
/etc/profile makes it too BASH-centric. What about the [T]CSH users? Also,
what about ~/.bash_login files (as described in the MAN page)?
-----Original Message-----
From: Earnie Boyd [mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com]
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 5:04 AM
To: Masterson, Dave; 'cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com'
Subject: Re: /etc/profile in BASH
--- "Masterson, Dave" <dmasters AT rational DOT com> wrote:
> Question:
>
> In Cygwin 1.1, why are the last two lines of the installed /etc/profile
the
> following?
>
> test -f ./.profile && . ./.profile
> test -f ./.bashrc && . ./.bashrc
>
> As described in the BASH MAN page, it would seem that BASH does this
already
> after reading /etc/profile. Is this required because of the
implementation
> of Cygwin on MS-Windows?
>
IMO, the test -f ./.profile && . ./.profile isn't needed, it will get
executed
by bash anyway. The test -f ./.bashrc && . ./.bashrc is needed because when
bash is in login state it doesn't process ~/.bashrc. In login state both
/etc/profile and ~/.profile are executed. In non-login state /etc/profile
and
~/.profile aren't executed but ~/.bashrc is but IIRC only for the
interactive
state.
Cheers,
=====
Earnie Boyd
mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com
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