Once upon a time Michael B Allen said... > For some reason bash isn't sourcing /etc/profile. In fact after adding . > /etc/profile to .bash_profile I don't think .bash_profile is being sourced > b/c it had no effect.
The man page for bash explains what files are read on startup, in the section INVOCATION. It talks about login and non-login shells, but doesn't really explain when you get a login shell. A shell will be a login shell when you log in on the text console (through the login(1) program). If you just open a new shell window from your graphical desktop environment, you will get a non-login shell. Personally, my .bash_profile has one line: source ~/.bashrc I find the different files that bash reads on different occasions quite annoying. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
