RE: /etc/profile in BASH

["Masterson, Dave" <dmasters@rational.com>]

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@yahoo.com ]
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 5:04 AM
To: Masterson, Dave; 'cygwin@sources.redhat.com'
Subject: Re: /etc/profile in BASH


--- "Masterson, Dave" <dmasters@rational.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@yahoo.com

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