--- Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a machine running Debian Woody. I made some > changes to my ~/.bashrc > file, but the changes aren't taking. The changes I > made to root's ~/.bashrc > work like a champ, but not for my regular user > account. I can access the > server via SSH, and basically, it works for root > (whether I ssh in directly or > first as a regular user and then su -). For my > regular user it only works > when I execute 'bash' again at the bash prompt. > Otherwise, nothing. Why is > this? > > -Roberto >
Bash (and other shells) only read the ~/.bashrc when they start - but you can make them read the file again while running, using source ~/.bashrc I hope this helps, Joris __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
