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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] On Linux, what is the rc init file?
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2015 10:02:54 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7e0161cbc42443a7e3e088c73bfa03a3@brasstown.quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150828160717.GA5072@edge>

On Fri Aug 28 09:09:09 PDT 2015, asbrasbra@gmail.com wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 11:49:41AM -0400, sl@9front.org wrote:
> > Take a look at $PLAN9/rcmain.
> >
> > sl
>
> Well, punch me in the face and call me Suzanne!
> That changes everything, because absence of a .bashrc
> lookalike was the thing that prevented me from using
> rc for everyday shell needs. But I never investigated a lot.
> Thank you

the .bashrc lookalike is *not* rcmain. rcmain is the second
phase of the rc virtual machine bootstrapping itself.

the .bashrc lookalike is $home/lib/profile.

- erik



  reply	other threads:[~2015-08-30 17:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-08-28 15:49 sl
2015-08-28 16:07 ` Teodoro Santoni
2015-08-30 17:02   ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2015-08-30 18:25     ` Teodoro Santoni
2015-08-30 19:07       ` Charles Forsyth
2015-08-30 20:30         ` Teodoro Santoni
2015-08-28 16:25 ` Ryan Gonzalez
2015-08-28 16:37   ` Skip Tavakkolian
2015-08-28 17:22     ` Ryan Gonzalez
2015-08-30 17:00       ` erik quanstrom
2015-08-30 17:50         ` Ryan Gonzalez
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2015-08-28 15:13 Ryan Gonzalez
2015-08-28 15:28 ` Staven
2015-08-28 15:34 ` Teodoro Santoni

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