Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:28:19 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Incorrect commandline history with bash Message-ID: <20080922002819.GA12610@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <p06240801c4fc7c57b712@[128.113.24.47]> References: <20080921215255.GA9622@icarus.home.lan> <p06240801c4fc7c57b712@[128.113.24.47]>
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On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 06:45:22PM -0400, Garance A Drosihn wrote: > At 2:52 PM -0700 9/21/08, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: >> >> Individual did not CC the mailing list on his response. >> >> ----- Forwarded message from manish jain <unxfbsdi@gmail.com> ----- >> > >> > Thanks Jeremy. Sourcing .bash_profile from .bashrc solved the >> > problem. For some reason, sourcing .bashrc from .bash_profile >> > worked equally well with the version of Linux I was previously >> > using. >> > >>> Regards >>> Manish Jain >> ----- end message from manish jain <unxfbsdi@gmail.com> ----- > > I do not understand how that makes any difference. He had all his > commands in .bashrc, and sourced it from .bash_profile. If he > moves all his commands to .bash_profile, and then sources that > from his .bashrc, then isn't the result exactly the same? Either > way, all commands should be executed no matter how bash starts up. The INVOCATION section of the bash man page goes over the subtle differences. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
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