On Sun, Feb 05, 2006 at 04:48:52PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 19:43:00 -0500 > Dan Martins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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? > > fwiw, my system has no ~/.bash_profile and my ~/.bashrc sources /etc/profile > which is the global profile.
Ok, but ~/.bashrc shouldn't be read from if bash is started as a login shell, unless debian doesn't follow the invocation section of the bash man page. Sourcing ~/.bashrc from ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bash_login, or ~/.profile ensures you have the same $PATH in your plain old terminals as you do in X. Dan > > A > > > > > > > -- > > > 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] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
