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Re: .bashrc file not run


~/.bash_profile should already be setup to call ~/.bashrc

it should have been in the base-files package which creates the /etc/skel
files which should be copied when the user first log's on.

AFAIK bash doesn't use a ~/.profile file.  I *think* it's the KORN shell
that does... do you mean /etc/profile?

J.

On Thu, February 11, 2010 4:28 pm, Neil Blue wrote:
> Great,
>
> Thank you both. I now have .bash_profile calling ~/.bashrc.
>
> Just had a look at the ~/.profile script on my linux box and I can see
> where it is making the call to the local ~/.bashrc file
>
> ...
> # if running bash
> if [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" ]; then
>     # include .bashrc if it exists
>     if [ -f "$HOME/.bashrc" ]; then
>         . "$HOME/.bashrc"
>     fi
> fi
> ...
>
> I guess I am too used to having this already set-up for me.
>
> Thanks again for the help.
>
> Cheers
> Neil
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Csaba Raduly <rcsaba@gmail.com>
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Sent: Thu, February 11, 2010 3:30:15 PM
> Subject: Re: .bashrc file not run
>
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Thomas Wolff  wrote:
>> On 11.02.2010 15:55, Neil Blue wrote:
>>
>> By design (and documentation), bash runs *only* .profile (and
>> /etc/profile)
>> if started as a "login shell".
>
> Not quite.
> From "info bash" , Node: Bash Startup Files
>
> When Bash is invoked as an interactive login shell, or as a
> non-interactive shell with the `--login' option, it first reads and
> executes commands from the file `/etc/profile', if that file exists.
> After reading that file, it looks for `~/.bash_profile',
> `~/.bash_login', and `~/.profile', in that order, and reads and
> executes commands from the first one that exists and is readable.
>
>
> Note to Neil: .bashrc_profile is ignored by bash. You want .bash_profile
>
> Hope this helps.
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