Difference between .profile and .bash_profile on Snow Leopard

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redconservatory picture redconservatory · Jul 19, 2011 · Viewed 32.6k times · Source

I am going to set the path for mySQl on my computer (I'm running Snow Leopard) but I see different instructions online.

Some say to change the .profile file and some say to change the .bash_profile file. What is the difference?

Answer

Paul R picture Paul R · Jul 19, 2011

.profile works with sh or bash. However .bash_profile is bash-specific and will override .profile if present.

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