Re: Linux Startup file

["Binand Raj S." <binand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, May 31, 1999 at 11:18:59PM +0500, Rajesh wrote:
> Hi friends,
> 
> Can anybody tell me which startup file is executed when we login into a linux machine.
> Which file executes the path and other relevant startup commands.
> 
> I have installed gnome with enlightenment as the Windows Manager. But when I try
> to open Esound it gives me error saying that the file is not in path. Change the path.
> 

It depends on your shell. If you use bash, then the files sourced
are:
   1) /etc/profile
   2) ~/.bash_profile
   3) ~/.profile
   4) If bash is not your login shell, then ~/.bashrc
   5) The file specified in the environment variable ENV, when bash is
   executing a shell script.

Since most of the time you don't care whether bash is invoked as
your login shell or not, I suggest you link ~/.bashrc to
~/.bash_profile.

Also, if ~/.bash_profile exists and could be sourced, ~/.profile is
ignored (I have fallen in this trap many times).

Binand

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