Paul Allen Newell wrote: > > I think part of my confusion is that I am not understanding whether a > login shell covers everything that is done once I have logged in via > splash screen or if it is confined to "logining into a shell". If the > former, then I would assume bash_profiles is hit once and everything > done thereafter would be under its command. If the latter, then I am > probably unclear about whether launching a terminal is a "login" act > (hence under bash_profile only within that shell). > > As I said on my initial reply to this thread, "Naive question". I may > be missing a fundamental understanding of shells and logins and all > that sort of stuff. > A login shell is what it says it is. A shell created as a consequence of logging in. That could be a console login in run level 3, the GUI login screen in run level 5, an ssh login from a remote system, etc. Starting, for example, "gnome-terminal", does not constitute a login shell. One thing you can do to learn when .bashrc and .bash_profile are sourced is to add something like.... touch /tmp/bashrc.time to the end of your .bashrc file and a similar line to your .bash_profile. Then you can "ls -l --time-style=full-iso" (to display the seconds). I also think you may want to learn about PID's and PPID's (Process ID, and Parent Process ID). -- "How to make a million dollars: First, get a million dollars." -- Steve Martin Guess Who! http://tinyurl.com/mc4xe7
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