.bashrc vs. .bash_profile

[Dennis Kaarsemaker]

On vr, 2005-07-15 at 01:05 -0400, Matthew S-H wrote:

> What is the difference?  Under what situations does it read one over  
> the other?

.bash_profile is sourced for login shells (where you need to enter a
password) and .bashrc for the rest. So .bash_profile should contain
thing only to be done once per session and .bashrc should contain things
to be done for every terminal you open.
-- 
Dennis K.
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