I believe that .bash_login, .bash_profile or .profile is the file you're wanting to use in this instance.
man bash
{ snip }
When an interactive shell that is not a login shell is
started, bash reads and executes commands from ~/.bashrc, if
that file exists. This may be inhibited by using the --norc
option. The --rcfile file option will force bash to read
and execute commands from file instead of ~/.bashrc.
{ snip }
If you're realling wanting .bashrc to be sourced on a login-shell, then
you'll either need to set BASH_ENV=$HOME/.bashrc, or source it from your
$HOME/.profile, or from /etc/profile.
David
On Tue, 2002-03-26 at 11:37, Roland Glenn McIntosh wrote:
> I just did a recent brand new install yesterday and I noticed that /etc/profile no
>longer contains a line like:
>
> test -f ./.bashrc && . ./.bashrc
>
> It took me a second to figure out why .bashrc wasn't getting read (I thought it
>happened automatically by the shell) until I compared it to an older "working" cygwin
>install.
>
> Is there a specific reason for that missing line in /etc/profile, or could it have
>been an oversight? I did notice that my redhat 7 system's /etc/profile doesn't seem
>to include such a line.
> -rgm
>
>
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