In a message dated 1/11/99 11:53:37 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> You don't need any of that if you are running bash, and the other > shells probably have equivalent ways of handling it. I simply put all > aliases in my ~/.bashrc file, and they are always read by every > non-login shell including xterm shells. Since login shells don't read > .bashrc by default, I put the following sequence in my .bash_profile > to read in .bashrc for them: > > if [ -f ~/.bashrc ] > then > case $- in > *i*) . ~/.bashrc > esac > fi > > The .bashrc file should also have any other commands that need to be > executed for every interactive shell (such as fortune for me). > This works beautfully - thanks for the great tip!! -jay
