On 2009-01-04T17:16:22, Paul E Condon wrote: > A puzzle: I don't have either .login or .bash_login in my ~ directory. > I do have .profile > Is there any difference?
Yes. .login / .bash_login are executed for a login shell (in your case, first time only), while .profile / .bashrc are executed each time you start a shell. Check out the man page for the shell you use. /Allan -- Allan Wind Life Integrity, LLC http://lifeintegrity.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org