/etc/profile in BASH

[Earnie Boyd]

--- "Masterson, Dave" <dmasters@rational.com> wrote:
> 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)?
> 

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

Cheers,

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Earnie Boyd
mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com

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