Unable to set path in /etc/profile

Dennis Kaarsemaker dennis at kaarsemaker.net
Sat Jul 23 19:47:34 UTC 2005


On za, 2005-07-23 at 16:18 -0400, Ed Cogburn wrote:
> It is for *login* shells, bash.bashrc is for the other "type" of shell
> "mode" (interactive, but not declared as a login type).  The man page
> for
> bash has the explanation of how it distinguishes between the two
> types, but
> its all a bloody mess, if you ask me.  :)

This scheme is definitely flawed indeed...
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Dennis K.
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