分类: LINUX
2008-12-25 14:21:38
An interactive login shell is started after a successful login, using /bin/login
, by reading the /etc/passwd
file. This shell invocation normally reads /etc/profile
and its private equivalent ~/.bash_profile
upon startup.
An interactive non-login shell is normally started at the command-line using a shell program (e.g., [prompt]$
/bin/bash) or by the /bin/su command. An interactive non-login shell is also started with a terminal program such as xterm or konsole from within a graphical environment. This type of shell invocation normally copies the parent environment and then reads the user's ~/.bashrc
file for additional startup configuration instructions.
A non-interactive shell is usually present when a shell script is running. It is non-interactive because it is processing a script and not waiting for user input between commands. For these shell invocations, only the environment inherited from the parent shell is used.
The file ~/.bash_logout
is not used for an invocation of the shell. It is read and executed when a user exits from an interactive login shell