[X4U] Re: X4U Digest, Vol 12, Issue 4

[Herbert Schulz]

On Aug 2, 2005, at 1:14 PM, x4u- 
request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com wrote:

> Message: 10
> Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 13:38:17 -0400
> From: John Boccio <boccio at swarthmore.edu>
> Subject: [X4U] problem with bash shell
> To: x4u at listserver.themacintoshguy.com
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> 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?
>
> John Boccio
> Physics Department
> Swarthmore College
>

Howdy,

Do you have a .bash_profile? If that is found it will be read rather  
than .profile. I think .bashrc is only for non-login shells.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)