# DP: document /etc/bash.bashrc in bash man page --- a/doc/bash.1 +++ b/doc/bash.1 @@ -187,7 +187,9 @@ Display a usage message on standard outp .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 @@ -218,7 +220,9 @@ reads these files when it is invoked as 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 @@ -333,13 +337,15 @@ exists. .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 @@ -426,8 +432,8 @@ or the secure shell daemon \fIsshd\fP. If .B bash determines it is being run non-interactively in this fashion, -it reads and executes commands from \fI~/.bashrc\fP, -if that file exists and is readable. +it reads and executes 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 @@ -11581,6 +11587,9 @@ The \fBbash\fP executable .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