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/