# .irbc on Mac OS X Snow Leopard

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irbc-on-mac-os-x-snow-leopard/177357>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [October 15, 2009, 3:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irbc-on-mac-os-x-snow-leopard/177357 "2009-10-15T15:34:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![pitosalas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a4c791/32.png) [@pitosalas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pitosalas)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 3:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irbc-on-mac-os-x-snow-leopard/177357/1 "2009-10-15T15:34:03Z")

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I discovered that ~/.irbc ignored on Snow Leopard, and that instead irb  
looks for /etc/irbc which is not user editable (by default)

Is there a good reason for that and can I make irb look at ~/.irbc  
instead?

Thanks!

Pito

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**Author:** ![pitosalas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a4c791/32.png) [@pitosalas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pitosalas)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irbc-on-mac-os-x-snow-leopard/177357/2 "2009-10-15T15:40:28Z")

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Pito S. wrote:

> I discovered that ~/.irbc ignored on Snow Leopard, and that instead irb  
> looks for /etc/irbc which is not user editable (by default)
> 
> Is there a good reason for that and can I make irb look at ~/.irbc  
> instead?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Pito

Hmm, answering my own question: re-read TFM!

it’s .irbrc

IRB-R-C

duh