Linux

Hi Gurus,

Recently we have migrated our servers from AIX to Linux. Most of the scripts written in AIX server are sourcing environment variables using .profile file. Now we have the following options:

1. Change all the scripts where ever .profile is being used and replace it with .bash_profile.
2. Rename .bash_profile to .profile.

Now my question is if I rename the .bash_profile to .profile, what will be the impact on the server or the applications running on that server.

Thanks,
Sudheer

Did you do a 1 to 1 migration?
What AIX version was it?

What is 1 to 1 migration?

We are moving from AIX 6.1 to Linux RHEL 6.5

a 1 to 1 is a migration with all identical : that means having everything on the new box exactly as on the old ( and also should be using same shell...).

6.1... So the default shell was ksh, and you may have some issues since some syntaxes may vary...
Why not just use ksh then?

Thank you.

I noticed that there are some scripts ending with 'sh' and some are with '.ksh'. If we change the profile name from .bash_profile to .profile, will there by any impact on the .sh scripts?

I dont think because if the writer wanted to use /usr/bin/sh rather than the default ksh, he would have put in the script the shell to use on the first line...

Where I dont get you here is why would you want to overwrite the .profile with .bashrc content? Since the AIX used .profile and you copied it to the new system because if you dont change the default shell of your RH system as it is bash it will not read the profile I believe since it finds a .bashrc