Re: ssh localhost date # no startup files read: ~/{.bash_profile, .bash_login, .profile, .bashrc}

[Chet Ramey]

> Below are two tests cases for "ssh localhost date". The Linux
> test shows that ~/.bashrc is read. The Cygwin case shows none of
> ~/{.bash_profile,.bash_login,.profile,.bashrc} are read. Doesn't this
> seem like a bug?

There are two issues at play here.  First, unless bash is compiled with
SSH_SOURCE_BASHRC defined in config-top.h, it won't even bother checking.

Next, if bash can't determine that its standard input is a socket or other
network connection, it won't try to source any bashrc file.  This prevents
the same code from executing when the right conditions are met but standard
input is a pipe, as when invoked by `make'.

Chet

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