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From: tmb@AI.MIT.EDU (Thomas M. Breuel)
Newsgroups: gnu.bash.bug
Subject: bash seems to execute ".profile" when it shouldn't
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Date: 11 Sep 89 02:16:36 GMT
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wilde$ # this is /bin/sh running on an HP 9000/350 running HP-UX
wilde$ bash
this was the .profile
wilde$ help|sed 1q
GNU bash, version 1.03.11 (plus HPUX hacks)
wilde$ logout
wilde$

Bash should only execute $HOME/.profile when it is invoked with
argv[0][0]=='-', following the standard UNIX convention.