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

[David C. Rankin]

Vincent Schumaker wrote:

> 
> 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

Yes,

	That why if you source the ~/.bashrc file in /etc/profile, you always get your
bashrc sourced regardless of whether it is a login or interactive shell. If I
create a separate ~/.bash_profile, then I have to maintain 2 sets of aliases, etc.

	Cheating and reading ahead... I like Jordy's approach of softlinking
~/.bashrc_profile -> ~/.bashrc  That would work if its not sourced in /etc/profile.

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