[arch-general] User Environment Setup in Arch Linux?

[Vincent Schumaker]

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 8:37 AM, David C. Rankin <
drankinatty at suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:

> Listmates,
>
>        Coming from SuSE, I'm used to /etc/profile sourcing ~/.bashrc. I was
> scratching my head as to why my .bashrc wasn't being read when I would ssh
> into
> the Arch Linux box. Looking at the Arch /etc/profile it seems parts come
> from
> SuSE, but not the part about also sourcing ~/.bashrc.
>
>        Any reason not to source ~/.bashrc from /etc/profile in Arch? Will I
> screw
> myself up somewhere else?
>
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David,

    Bash won't source ~/.bashrc unless it's a login shell.  Try
creating/editing ~/.bash_profile.  Check the "Startup Scripts" section in
the bash entry of Wikipedia.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bash
-- 
- Vincent Schumaker