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
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Michael Velez wrote:
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[mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Muhammad Rizwan
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 5:12 AM
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Subject: profile
Hello
When Linux starts, which profile it loads.
Any idea?
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:
man bash
and search for the INVOCATION section
For an interactive bash login shell (therefore what you start when you log
in), profiles are read in the following order:
/etc/profile
~/.bash_profile (which should call up ~/.bashrc)
~/.bash_login
~/.profile
if the files exist.
Hope this helps,
Michael
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