From: "ara.t.howard" <ara.t.howard@...>
Date: 2007-10-13T02:50:01+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] Re: wtf? gem command vanished


On Oct 12, 2007, at 11:15 AM, John Joyce wrote:

> Ara, they work the same in Bash on any system.

technically that is true, but each system configures the system wide  
bash files diffrently

http://www.railsforum.com/viewtopic.php?pid=39026
http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-34083.html
http://thefactoryfactory.com/wordpress/?p=287

users coming from linux to bsd/osx are sometime surprised to find  
their .bashrc not sources in certain situations - this is due to the  
setup in /etc, not bash itself.  regardless it's a source of  
confusion for many people.

regards.

a @ http://codeforpeople.com/
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