[Info-vax] preferences APIs (Re: OpenVMS Development Annoyances)

[Lorin Ricker]

On Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 6:02:08 AM UTC-8, John Reagan wrote:
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> On my Linux box, I always get confused with the difference in .profile, .bashrc, and .bash_profile. 
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Join the club... Methinks that, except in the hearts and minds of a few rabid Unix gurus, it's devolved to a set of distinctions without a difference.  Pax, my Unix friends.  Although (AFAIR) I've got cross-references in my .profile and .bash_profile to .bashrc, I largely make use of and rely on .bashrc for most of my session setup.  I'm ignorant/unappreciative of the nuances, but they don't seem to matter much, at least for me.