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Yes, this is standard and useful behaviour. When I started using OS X, it really confused me that 1) it didn't source .profile on login 2) it sourced .profile
by sciurus 14y ago
Yes, this is standard and useful behaviour. When I started using OS X, it really confused me that 1) it didn't source .profile on login 2) it sourced .profile (instead of .bashrc) whenever I opened a new terminal.
- graywh 14y agoYeah, many terminal emulators (like Terminal.app) are configured to run login shells.