Re: defaultly made ./configure && make install path question

[Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev]

so it wont ever hit /usr/local/etc/profile ?

i know .c apps may use prefix or whatever to read their configs, or may
not, ..

im sorry for not stracing it but .. these computer crapps i cant be
comfortable with, i got computer-o-phobis
wherever i see i see stuff that aint supposed to be there cause its too bad
( aka not good enough )
no joy so
thats why i code, joy :)

On Sun, Mar 14, 2021 at 10:50 PM Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 14, 2021 at 10:32:42PM +0100, Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev wrote:
> > it installs to /usr/local/bin by default
> > i cp'ed it to /bin, as im a prefix whatever gcc make noob
> >
> > so my question
> > will it read /usr/local/etc/profile or both also /etc/profile but also in
> > local/
>
> Bash reads the same set of files regardless of where you put the binary.
> Programs don't know where they reside within your file system(s).  They
> simply read the files that they've been programmed to read.
>
> See also <https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/028>.
>
> The files that bash reads are documented in the INVOCATION section of
> the manual.
>
> An interactive login shell reads /etc/profile if it exists.  Then it
> reads one of the three files in your home directory (searching in the
> order specified in the manual, stopping at the first one which exists).
>
>