On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 10:49:24PM BST, Joao Ferreira Gmail wrote: > Hello all, > > I read a text about bash that mentions a difference between "login > shell" and "interactive shell". > > I'm affraid I don not know the difference. Can anyone enlighten me ?
Login shell is the shell executed at logon, the one in /etc/passwd. Interactive shell is the one which user interacts with - it can be, but doesn't have to, be the same as the login shell. > text I read was: > > "When Bash starts executes the commands in a variety of different > scripts. When started as an interactive login shell: Bash reads and > executes the /etc/profile (if it exists). After reading that file, it > looks for ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bash_login, and ~/.profile in that order, > and reads and executes the first one (that exists and is readable). When > a login shell exits: Bash reads and executes ~/.bash_logout (if it > exists). When started as an interactive shell (but not a login shell): > Bash reads and executes ~/.bashrc (if it exists)." You can run bash, other shells as well if they support it, both as login and interactive shell, even after you logged on. man bash options '-l' and '-i' Regards, -- Raf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
