Ed Greshko wrote: > Paul Allen Newell wrote: > >> I think part of my confusion is that I am not understanding whether a >> login shell covers everything that is done once I have logged in via >> splash screen or if it is confined to "logining into a shell". If the >> former, then I would assume bash_profiles is hit once and everything >> done thereafter would be under its command. If the latter, then I am >> probably unclear about whether launching a terminal is a "login" act >> (hence under bash_profile only within that shell). >> >> As I said on my initial reply to this thread, "Naive question". I may >> be missing a fundamental understanding of shells and logins and all >> that sort of stuff. >> >> > A login shell is what it says it is. A shell created as a consequence > of logging in. That could be a console login in run level 3, the GUI > login screen in run level 5, an ssh login from a remote system, etc. > Starting, for example, "gnome-terminal", does not constitute a login shell. > I also forgot to mention the "-i and -l" parameters on the #!/bin/bash line of a shell script that would also affect the type of shell. > One thing you can do to learn when .bashrc and .bash_profile are sourced > is to add something like.... > > touch /tmp/bashrc.time to the end of your .bashrc file and a similar > line to your .bash_profile. Then you can > "ls -l --time-style=full-iso" (to display the seconds). > > I also think you may want to learn about PID's and PPID's (Process ID, > and Parent Process ID). > > > > > -- There's an old proverb that says just about whatever you want it to. Guess Who! http://tinyurl.com/mc4xe7
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