Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 13:58:11 -0400 From: "Arend P. van der Veen" <apv@capital.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Bash Startup Files Message-ID: <40C8A133.9020300@capital.net>
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Hi,
I have been trying to clarify what bash startup files are sourced and when.
I am using bash-2.05b.007. I have been hunting around on the web and I have
found the following summary:
For Login shells:
On logging in:
If `|/etc/profile|' exists, then source it.
If `|~/.bash_profile|' exists, then source it,
else if `|~/.bash_login|' exists, then source it,
else if `|~/.profile|' exists, then source it.
On logging out:
If `|~/.bash_logout|' exists, source it.
For non-login interactive shells:
On starting up:
If `|~/.bashrc|' exists, then source it.
For non-interactive shells:
On starting up:
If the environment variable |ENV| is non-null, expand the
variable and source the file named by the value. If Bash is
not started in Posix mode, it looks for |BASH_ENV| before
|ENV|.
(From http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/help/doc/info/bash/Bash_Startup_Files.html)
Other discussions on this topic essentially state the same thing.
After some testing it is not clear to me if bash under FreeBSD 4.9 is
working the same way. I have a case where both ~/.profile and ~/.bash_profile
exist and both are sourced. This is in contradition to the above statements.
Can anybody point me to information to clarify what bash startup files are sourced
and when ?
Thanks in advance,
Arend van der Veen
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