On Saturday 12 January 2008 20:50 John Salmon wrote: > I'm a new user to Debian Linux. I have the latest version loaded on a > dedicated PC with all the default settings. I have added a ~/bin directory > to my system. My .bash_profile and .bashrc files were the default files > loaded during the install. However, my PATH remains unchanged when I log > on even though the .bash_profile file has the lines to add my ~/bin > directory. I can make the change manually after I've logged on and can > execute files that are in that directory. Also, the aliases set in my > .bashrc file don't work. As a check, I've set environment variables in > both files and they return null with echo after logging on. I haven't > tried re-installing the system from scratch. > > Any suggestions?
you did re-login after the changes did you? (i think "bash -l" also behaves like a full re-llogin) hth martin -- http://noneisyours.marcher.name http://feeds.feedburner.com/NoneIsYours You are not free to read this message, by doing so, you have violated my licence and are required to urinate publicly. Thank you. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
