.bashrc Not Loading on App Startup in a-shell

[iach526526]

Hello,

According to the a-shell documentation, when I open the app, it should load .bashrc and .profile. However, it seems that .bashrc is not being read initially, which causes the jp command to be invalid. After enter and exiting the Dash shell, a-shell appears to load .bashrc and recognizes it, allowing the jp command to work.

[holzschu]

Hi,
thanks for reaching out. I looked again at the source code, and I can guarantee that both .bashrc and .profile are loaded when you start the app. However, they're loaded as part of the initialization system, in an asynchronous way (the system continues running, creating the window and initializing things while they're being executed. That's to avoid blocking the app). It seems you were too fast with your first command. dash doesn't look at the .bashrc, by design.

[iach526526]

Got it! But how can I execute command like ls ,cowsay command when app start? Currently, I can only execute cowsay automatically in .profile when I enter the dash shell.

[holzschu]

These commands are executed, but their output is not redirected to the main window, because they are executed while the main window and its output are still in the process of being created. It's a design choice so that under-powered devices can still have a working window in a reasonable amount of time.

If you really need a command that shows its output when the app starts, then the best idea is probably to use a key feature of the app: if dash was running when the app went into the background, and if the relevant setting is setted (it's on by default), then the app will restart dash when it restarts. dash has a more classical behaviour, and it will definitely print the output of all commands on the main screen.