[...] > .bashrc only gets read for subshells. .bash_profile always get read no > matter what. You can also source .bashrc from .bash_profile and you can > forget about order. -marlon
Not true. The file ~/.bash_profile is sourced only in interactive _login_ shells. If you really want to know the details of bash startup files read the INVOCATION part of the bash manual page. I counted eight different invocation modes for which the different startup files are specified :) HTH, Eric -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax +31 40 2455054
