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# 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
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