profile

[Alexey Fadyushin]

As follows from Bash manpage it will read and execute /etc/profile, and 
the _first_ readable file from the list (it will try them in listed 
order) ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bash_login and ~/.profile, not all of these 
files. As one of them is read and executed, others will not be tried. 
For non-interactive or non-login shells the list of profile files may be 
different (depending on options given to bash when it is started).
It should be also noted that the profile files can themselves reference 
and execute other profiles, such as profiles in /etc/profile.d or ~/.bashrc.

Alexey Fadyushin
Brainbenvh MVP for Linux.
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Michael Velez wrote:
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>>-----Original Message-----
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>>[mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Muhammad Rizwan
>>Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 5:12 AM
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>>Subject: profile
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>>Hello
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>>When Linux starts, which profile it loads.
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>>Any idea?
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>>Thanks!
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> Profiles read are dependent upon the shell you execute, whether the shell is
> a login shell or interactive.
> 
> The man page for each shell should have what you need.  If you're running
> the bash shell, type: 
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> man bash
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> and search for the INVOCATION section
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> For an interactive bash login shell (therefore what you start when you log
> in), profiles are read in the following order:
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> /etc/profile
> ~/.bash_profile  (which should call up ~/.bashrc)
> ~/.bash_login
> ~/.profile
> 
> if the files exist.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Michael
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