At 03:13 PM 8/7/96 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, chris beamis 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? >> > >This line should look like: > >alias lo='exit' > >but NOT like: > >alias 'lo'=exit > >Did it work?!?!?!?!? > > >Leszek Gerwatowski >TG S.A >Warsaw, Poland > >
Leszek, Sorry, I should have mentioned that it is the same .profile which I've always used successfully with Slackware releases. I was going from memory which is the only reason I got the quotes wrong. There is something else going on causing bash or something to ignore my .profile. Thanks anyway. Chris Beamis
