Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 10:25:48 -0400
From: Chet Ramey <chet.ra...@case.edu>
Message-ID: <983be032-0b60-4313-a18a-5fd74d5b5...@case.edu>
| On 6/24/24 4:36 PM, Gioele Barabucci wrote:
| > the manpage states:
| >> The --rcfile file option will force bash to
| >> read and execute commands from file instead of /etc/bash.bashrc and
| >> ~/.bashrc.
| I don't think the wording suggests that. This report reads something into
| the use of the word "force" that is not there.
That may be correct, but I suspect that the thing could be worded
better, and avoid people reading it differently than intended.
The man page version I have doesn't mention /etc/bash.bashrc (as there
is no such file on the system I use, nor would there ever be), but
The --rcfile file option will force bash to read and execute
commands from file instead of ~/.bashrc.
(syntax highlighting lost here by my cut&paste) might be better
written more like
The --rcfile file option will cause file to replace ~/.bashrc
as the source for commands.
Further, this probably better represents what happens if both --norc and
--rcfile file are given on the same command line (as --norc wins in this
case - the text as it is suggests that possibly the file from --rcfile
file would be read even if --norc is also given).
I assume this is obvious, but this is from the INVOCATION section, the
description of --rcfile in the list of options earlier is fine. The wording
in the section where --rcfile is applied to rshd/sshd connections could
do with a similar change.
kre
