On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 9:02 AM, Hogren <hog...@iiiha.com> wrote: > On 22/03/2017 13:58, Hogren wrote: >> On 22/03/2017 13:57, Hogren wrote: >>> On 22/03/2017 13:42, Arthur Țițeică wrote: >>>> În ziua de miercuri, 22 martie 2017, la 14:34:50 EET, Hogren a scris: >>>>> >>>>> Anybody knows why ~/.bashrc is not running on the first Bash >>>>> opening ? >>>> >>>> Maybe you're missing '.bash_profile'. Look in /etc/skel/ for an >>>> example. >>> >>> I don't understand. What do I have to in ~/.bash_profile to run >>> .bashrc, even at the first logon ? >>> >>> I have nothing in /etc/skel. >>> >>> /etc/skel $ ls -l >>> total 0 >> >> Stupid Hogren… ls -a … > > Ok it works, thanks ! > > Can you explain to me why the ~/.bashrc is sourced in subshells without > .bash_profile ?
Because when you login, you're in a login shell (PS1 prepended with "-") so ".bashrc" is sourced from ".bash_profile", ".bash_login", or ".profile" if you have one of them. Whereas the subshell is an interactive, non-login shell, so ".bashrc" is sourced directly.
