Re: [SLUG] path locations

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On Sun, 2003-07-13 at 12:50, Dylan William Hardison wrote:
> in /etc/profile, it says:
> # /etc/profile: system-wide .profile file for the Bourne shell (sh(1))
> # and Bourne compatible shells (bash(1), ksh(1), ash(1), ...).
>
> So, basically yes.
>
> On Sunday, July 13, 2003 at 09:44AM -0400, Steven Buehler wrote:
> > > /etc/profile I think. I think /etc/bashrc exists on some systems too.
> >
> > I think /etc/bashrc is specific to bash, while /etc/profile is read
> > regardless of shell being used.
> >

The largest exception would be C-shell and its derivatives.

csh and tcsh shells use ~/.cshrc and ~/.login, but source /etc/cshrc and
/etc/login first.

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