--- bash/doc/bash.1~ 2003-11-11 00:09:34.000000000 +0100 +++ bash/doc/bash.1 2004-01-21 07:33:45.000000000 +0100 @@ -169,7 +169,9 @@ .PD Execute commands from .I file -instead of the standard personal initialization file +instead of the system wide initialization file +.I /etc/bash.bashrc +and the standard personal initialization file .I ~/.bashrc if the shell is interactive (see .SM @@ -200,7 +202,9 @@ below). .TP .B \-\-norc -Do not read and execute the personal initialization file +Do not read and execute the system wide initialization file +.I /etc/bash.bashrc +and the personal initialization file .I ~/.bashrc if the shell is interactive. This option is on by default if the shell is invoked as @@ -308,13 +312,15 @@ .PP When an interactive shell that is not a login shell is started, .B bash -reads and executes commands from \fI~/.bashrc\fP, if that file exists. +reads and executes commands from \fI/etc/bash.bashrc\fP and \fI~/.bashrc\fP, +if these files exist. This may be inhibited by using the .B \-\-norc option. The \fB\-\-rcfile\fP \fIfile\fP option will force .B bash -to read and execute commands from \fIfile\fP instead of \fI~/.bashrc\fP. +to read and execute commands from \fIfile\fP instead of +\fI/etc/bash.bashrc\fP and \fI~/.bashrc\fP. .PP When .B bash @@ -399,7 +405,8 @@ If .B bash determines it is being run by \fIrshd\fP, it reads and executes -commands from \fI~/.bashrc\fP, if that file exists and is readable. +commands from \fI/etc/bash.bashrc\fP and \fI~/.bashrc\fP, +if these files exist and are readable. It will not do this if invoked as \fBsh\fP. The .B \-\-norc @@ -8273,6 +8280,9 @@ .FN /etc/profile The systemwide initialization file, executed for login shells .TP +.FN /etc/bash.bashrc +The systemwide per-interactive-shell startup file +.TP .FN ~/.bash_profile The personal initialization file, executed for login shells .TP