On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 11:04 +0000, Paul Howarth wrote: > Jeff Vian wrote: > > I know that on Linux a bash shell parses .profile _and_ ~/.bash_profile. > > I cannot speak for differences in OS X, although I would not expect any. > > > > AIUI the .profile contains configurations that are used by all and the > > ~/.bash_profile makes user specific modifications. > > Sure you don't mean /etc/profile when you write .profile ? > > Paul. > Thanks for the wakeup slap Paul. That is exactly what I meant. Time for more coffee <grin>.
