Subject: RE: /etc/profile in BASH
From: Earnie Boyd <[email-masked]>
To: "Masterson, Dave" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "[email-masked]'" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 11:36:16 -0700 (PDT)

--- "Masterson, Dave" <[email-masked]> wrote:
> Doh! You're right!  Memory is the second thing to go as you get older...
> 
> However, I still don't think these two lines to run ~/.profile and ~/.bashrc
> belong in /etc/profile (neither does "cd $HOME").  They subvert the
> "--noprofile" and "--norc" options to BASH.
> 

Subvert --noprofile?  No, /etc/profile wouldn't be sourced.  Subvert --norc? 
No, /etc/profile isn't sourced unless it's login and ~/.bashrc isn't sourced if
it is login.

-8<-
> 
> IIRC [t]csh doesn't user /etc/profile.  Use the source, Luke. (tm)
> 
> Cheers,
> 

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