Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: <20000929195047.22553.qmail@web124.yahoomail.com> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 12:50:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Earnie Boyd Subject: RE: /etc/profile in BASH To: "Masterson, Dave" Cc: "'cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com'" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii --- "Masterson, Dave" wrote: > > > > Also, in order to be compatible with other UNIX system > > > shells (Kshell), a user may have setup ~/.profile > > > particularly for KShell and ~/.bash_profile > > > particularly for BASH. Since BASH will not read > > > ~/.profile if it finds ~/.bash_profile (or ~/.bash_login), > > > > I just tested this. Bash reads both ~/.profile and ~/.bash_profile > > or ~/.bash_login. If both ~/.bash_profile and ~/.bash_login are > > present then only ~/.bash_profile is executed. > > If true, that sounds like a bug in BASH. AFAIK, ~/.bash_profile (and > ~/.bash_login) were setup to provide a simple way of ensuring that special > BASH functionality could be isolated from other shells. According to the > BASH man page, after /etc/profile on login, BASH is only supposed to read > *one of* ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bash_login, and ~/.profile (in that order). > Are you sure your test wasn't skewed because of the "source" in /etc/profile > (or elsewhere)? You're right. Removing the test for ~/.profile from /etc/profile causes only ~/.bash_profile to be executed. I've modified my /etc/profile removing both tests. I've created a ~/.bash_profile which tests for the ~/.bashrc and sources it if found. Cheers, ===== Earnie Boyd mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com --- --- --- Cygwin: POSIX on Windows --- --- Minimalist GNU for Windows --- __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - 35mm Quality Prints, Now Get 15 Free! http://photos.yahoo.com/ -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com