On 08/02/05, 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? Not that I'm aware of. Here's my 10.4.2 .profile file-I'm using the system-wide /etc/bashrc file w/o modification: ## # DELUXE-USR-LOCAL-BIN-INSERT # (do not remove this comment) ## echo $PATH | grep -q -s "/usr/local/bin" if [ $? -eq 1 ] ; then PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin:/Developer/Tools export PATH fi export MANPATH="/usr/share/man:/usr/local/share/man:/usr/X11R6/man" And here're the relevant entries from the set command: MANPATH=/usr/share/man:/usr/local/share/man:/usr/X11R6/man PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/Developer/Tools