Lluís Batlle wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a problem in bash (3.2 and 4). I have it compiled with
> "-DSYS_BASHRC=/etc/bashrc", and since some time ago I could use "bash
> --rcfile ~/.myrc" to skip the parsing of /etc/bashrc.
>
> I can't recall what was the compile configuration of that bash where
> this worked. But in the latest bash 3.2 and 4 I've tried (for 4, I
> have all patches published), using "--rcfile" *parses* /etc/bashrc
This is how bash is supposed to behave. Defining SYS_BASHRC makes bash
source that file just before it sources the bashrc file.
> According to the manual, "--rcfile" should make bash avoid the system bashrc.
I'm not sure which manual you mean. The bash manual doesn't say anything
about SYS_BASHRC, since it's a feature that's not compiled in by default.
> Moreover, about parameter parsing, in bash versions 3.2 and 4, trying
> to run "bash -i --rcfile xxx" results in bad parameter parsing,
> getting a complain about parameter "--".
The manual does have something to say about that:
Bash also interprets a number of multi-character
options. These options must appear on the command line
before the single-character options to be recognized.
Chet
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