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Re: Location of configuration files
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: Location of configuration files |
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Thu, 18 Aug 2016 14:08:26 -0400 |
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On 8/18/16 6:34 AM, Joonas Saarinen wrote:
> Hi,
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> By default Bash uses these files in my home directory:
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> .bashrc
> .bash_logout
> .bash_history
> .profile
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> However, wouldn't it be more streamlined to place these files under
> directory '~/.config/bash'?
Maybe, but that's not a compelling enough reason to break backwards
compatibility and compatibility with other Bourne-style shells.
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Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU chet@case.edu http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/