Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > s. keeling wrote: > > Another common practice is to set PS1 in .bash_profile, then call > > .bashrc from .bash_profile. > > if [ ! -z "$PS1" ]; then > > The PS1 is set by default for interactive shells and not set for > non-interactive shells. So the test for $PS1 works without needing to > set it. This is in the default Debian /etc/skel/.bashrc too.
Thanks, didn't know that. I've always clobbered PS1 first, not caring what it was set to. I guess I should instead test to see if it's set to what I set it to. > > The intent being to not clutter up the environment any more than is > > necessary. > > Note: Some versions of bash read the .bashrc when it determines that > it is started over a remote shell. By splitting the .bashrc into an > interactive and non-interactive section then aliases can be loaded > over a remote shell and made available to the command while not > breaking things for a non-interactive environment. Not that I would > advocate doing that. The feature was removed from the bash upstream > due to various problems. Debian Etch has patches specifically for > this situation. See /usr/share/doc/bash/README.Debian.gz . I distinctly remember this behaviour, and its subsequent disappearance. Thanks for explaining that. I wondered why it had disappeared. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html Linux Counter #80292 - - http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html Please, don't Cc: me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
