How to retain .bashrc file?

tulsi · 09-08-2009, 01:58 PM

Hi,

some persons are delete .bashrc file. but console has bashrc file and bash_history file . how do i get .bashrc file. shell display bash 3.2#.
no files in /etc/skel.
also i tried ls -al no listing for .bashrc and bash_profile.

adam999 · 09-08-2009, 04:03 PM

grab another copy of .bashrc from /etc/skel

onebuck · 09-08-2009, 04:03 PM

Hi,

How do you have the permissions setup for the '.bashrc' and '.bash_profile';

Code:

example;

# ls -al
total 116
drwx--x--x 15 gws  users  4096 2009-09-08 08:19 .
drwxr-xr-x  6 root root   4096 2009-06-06 16:25 ..
-rw-------  1 gws  users    98 2009-09-08 08:19 .Xauthority
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    116 2009-08-24 10:19 .bash_profile
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    934 2009-08-24 10:18 .bashrc

PTrenholme · 09-08-2009, 05:31 PM

The .bashrc file is a bash script controlled by the user that is run every time a bash shell (e.g., "terminal window") is started. Nothing in that script is intended to be run for every system user.

If you want something to be executed by everyone, put the commands in /etc/bashrc instead of the user's ~/.bashrc file. Note that the /etc/bashrc program can easily contain user-specific commands:

Code:

...
if [ "$USER" = "user_name" ]
then
  ...
fi

and so on.