Syncing bash profile between computers

~/.bash_profile

DROPBOX_PROFILE='~/Dropbox/Bash/.bash_profile'
if [ -f $DROPBOX_PROFILE ]; then
    . $DROPBOX_PROFILE
fi

~/.emacs

(load "~/Dropbox/Emacs/.emacs")

How about this, which avoids having special config files that source the Dropbox versions?

$ ln -s ~/Dropbox/Bash/.bash_profile ~/.bash_profile
$ ln -s ~/Dropbox/Emacs/.emacs ~/.emacs

In your regular .bash_profile, just call ~/Dropbox/Bash/.bash_profile.

#.bash_profile
. ~/Dropbox/Bash/.bash_profile # the '.' command runs a file.

Actually, you probably want to call the shared file something else, or at least not make it a hidden file.

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