Chris F.A. Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| On 2005-07-08, L.V.Gandhi wrote:
| > I have following .bash_profile.
| > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat .bash_profile
| > # ~/.bash_profile: executed by bash(1) for login shells.
| > # see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files for examples.
| > # the files are located in the bash-doc package.
| >
| > # the default umask is set in /etc/login.defs
| > umask 022
| >
| > # include .bashrc if it exists
| > if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
| > . ~/.bashrc
| > fi
| >
| > # the rest of this file is commented out.
| >
| > # set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
| > if [ -d ~/bin ] ; then
| > PATH=~/bin:"${PATH}"
| > fi
| > export PATH
| >
| > # do the same with MANPATH
| > #if [ -d ~/man ]; then
| > # MANPATH=~/man${MANPATH:-:}
| > # export MANPATH
| > #fi
| > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
| >
| > But stille I don't get ~/bin in my path. Any help is appreciated. I am
| > running sarge with yesting and unstable in sources.list for
| > upgrading.
|
| Unless it is a login shell, ~/.bash_profile is not sourced.
|
| Put the PATH statements in ~/.bashrc, or call bash with the -l
| option, or xterm (or rxvt) with the -ls option.
|
Try first bash -i to see if you've got your .bashrc.
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