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Old 05-12-2005, 08:55 AM   #1
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what's the local profile for /bin/sh

just as .bashrc to /bin/bash?
 
Old 05-12-2005, 09:08 AM   #2
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In Fedora there is sh just the symbolic link to bash. So .bashrc and .bash_profile are used.
 
Old 05-12-2005, 10:02 AM   #3
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thanks,
but what's the profile for the 'real' sh?
 
Old 05-13-2005, 02:46 AM   #4
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On most systems, sh is just a symbolic link to bash. Therefore, you dont't actually have sh.

Presumably, if you did, it would use ~/.profile, like bash.

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