# Silly question about irb initialization file

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**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [September 5, 2006, 4:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/silly-question-about-irb-initialization-file/67543 "2006-09-05T04:20:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 4:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/silly-question-about-irb-initialization-file/67543/1 "2006-09-05T04:20:51Z")

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I’m reading along in the Pickaxe book and on page 193 it seems to  
explain that if I have:  
‘IRB.conf[:RC] = false’  
in my irb initialization file then irb won’t read my initialization  
file. This is confusing.