[X4U] problem with bash shell

[Eugene]

On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 12:38:17PM CDT, John Boccio <boccio at swarthmore.edu> wrote:
: 
: OSX 10.4.2
: 
: .bashrc
: 
: and
: 
: .profile
: 
: files not being read (executed)
: 
: when I open a terminal window or an x-term.
: 
: Has something changed with 10.4..x?

Look in your Terminal prefs.  Is bash started as a login shell?
If it is not, it will never read ~/.profile.  If it is, make
sure that there is no ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bash_login files;
otherwise, either of those files have precedence and will be
used first and again will never read ~/.profile.

Also, if it's a login shell, bash doesn't read ~/.bashrc.  If
you want it read, then add a "source ~/.bashrc" to your init
file (~/.bash_profile, ~/.bash_login, or ~/.profile).


-- 
Eugene
http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/