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Re: .bashrc file not run
On Fri, February 12, 2010 8:53 am, Thorsten Kampe wrote:
> * John Morrison (Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:26:24 -0000)
>>
>> ~/.bash_profile should already be setup to call ~/.bashrc
>>
>> it should have been in the base-files package which creates the
>> /etc/skel
>> files which should be copied when the user first log's on.
>>
>> AFAIK bash doesn't use a ~/.profile file.
>
> It does (as an "alternative" for .bash_profile). If you're not running
> other shells that use ~/.profile you should name the profile file
> .bash_profile.
Hi Thorsten
Thanks for that clarification; should I change the base-files? Or create
~/.profile as a copy/link? to ~/.bash_profile?
Still confused as to why the skel files weren't copied into Neils user
directory in the first place. Oh well.
J.
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