* Mike Rushton (Mon, 10 Feb 2014 20:15:28 -0500) > I am trying to put an alias in a .bashrc > > alias clear='printf "\033c"'
clear is part of the ncurses package, so I would simply install this. > But what .bashrc do I put this in ? in /ect/skel or the one my user > directory. I put this code in and it seems to get overwritten. > I don't understand what I am doing wrong. /etc/skel is a template directory for new users. > It is a minor thing that i can't clear the screen, but i want to work at > this and try to fix this. > > Then I want to add a script to my profile. but what one the > .profile or .bash_profile ? The two bash specific files you need to know are .bash_profile and .bashrc. Bash is different to other shells in that it will only read one of those two depending on whether bash is run as a login shell or not. The recommended way is to source .bashrc from .bash_profile (this is already the Cygwin default) and to leave .bash_profile empty. Put everything you need into .bashrc. Forget about .profile. It's only needed for backward compatibility and not an official bash file. Thorsten -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
