In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, chris beamis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >2. another problem, which I didn't have under Slackware, is using a .profile >in the user's home area. I have just one line in it, "alias 'lo'=exit" which >has always worked before but the lo commanded doesn't get recognized. I also >tried renaming the file to .login but still no luck. Any ideas?
Check if there's a file called ".bash_profile" in the user's home directory (there probably will be; it's the default). If so, then bash will execute that when you start a login shell, and ignore the .profile. Try sticking the alias in ".bash_profile" or ".bashrc". >Thanks in advance for any help. No problem, hope it helps. -- M a l c . . . | "We've checked, and it's definitely not a bug. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | It's fixed in the new release." -- Help line.
