On Sun, Feb 05, 2006 at 02:31:52PM -0200, Bruno Buys wrote: > I am trying to figure out which file I shall edit, in order to add an > extra dir to my PATH ($HOME/bin). > If I log on to my debian sarge in text mode, my .bash_profile is read. > If I log right to X (kdm), it doesn't. The same happens to .bashrc. > Thanks! >
~/.bash_profile should be read when the shell is opened as a login shell, ie. from the console you enter username and password. ~/.bashrc should be read when a shell is opened through xterm, aterm, Konsole, etc. The easiest thing i've found is to add "source ~/.bashrc" to .bash_profile and "export PATH="......"" to ~/.bashrc The only reason i can think of not to do this is if your .bashrc and .bash_profile set up your shell differently from each other. In my case they're both empty except for changing my $PATH. If you run into trouble I guess you could change your $PATH variable in a different file and then source that file from both bash scripts. Anyone see a problem with this? > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
