Re: I can't get bash-3.2.17 to process startup/login scripts to save me, please help!

2007-08-16 Thread Bob Proulx
SciFi wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > $ strings bash | grep profile > noprofile > /etc/profile > ~/.profile > ~/.bash_profile That looks good at least. > > $ sudo chmod 0644 /etc/profile > I *know* that! > What I was striving for was to get at all the problems to be sure it > is executable if need

Re: I can't get bash-3.2.17 to process startup/login scripts to save me, please help!

2007-08-12 Thread SciFi
Thank you for getting back to this. Just a quick followup & acknowledgement, then I will investigate details. On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 18:22:44 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > SciFi wrote: >> Bob Proulx wrote: >> > Is this a self-compiled binary? >> >> Yes, I do not use pkg-mgrs such as fink or macports,

Re: I can't get bash-3.2.17 to process startup/login scripts to save me, please help!

2007-08-11 Thread Bob Proulx
SciFi wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > Is this a self-compiled binary? > > Yes, I do not use pkg-mgrs such as fink or macports, maybe only for > clues when a regular build bombs (straight from the tarballs). If you have self compiled it then it should be possible to debug it. What is the value of S

Re: I can't get bash-3.2.17 to process startup/login scripts to save me, please help!

2007-08-09 Thread SciFi
Hi and thank you for taking time. On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:33:44 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > > SciFi wrote: >> Got bash-3.2 patchlevel 17 running on MacOSX in place of Apple's: > > Is this a self-compiled binary? Yes, I do not use pkg-mgrs such as fink or macports, maybe only for clues when a reg

Re: I can't get bash-3.2.17 to process startup/login scripts to save me, please help!

2007-08-08 Thread Bob Proulx
SciFi wrote: > Got bash-3.2 patchlevel 17 running on MacOSX in place of Apple's: Is this a self-compiled binary? > I'm unable to get it to run the (login) startup files at all in any > way-shape-form. If the startup file was being executed, the PS1 > prompt should change as a very visible clue (

I can't get bash-3.2.17 to process startup/login scripts to save me, please help!

2007-08-04 Thread SciFi
Hi, Got bash-3.2 patchlevel 17 running on MacOSX in place of Apple's: -bash-3.2$ which bash /bin/bash -bash-3.2$ file /bin/bash /bin/bash: symbolic link to `/usr/bin/bash' -bash-3.2$ file /usr/bin/bash /usr/bin/bash: Mach-O executable i386 -bash-3.2$ ls -al /usr/bin/bash -rwxr-xr-x 1 root whe