On 1 Dec 2002, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote:
> I would be very surprized if ~/.bash_profile got executed for every
> xterm. It should not be: ~/.bash_profile is only sourced for login
> shells, cf. "man bash". From your description, I think your system
> behaves properly and according to documentation.
>
> I export PS1 and PS2 from ~/.bashrc, which works just fine.
I moved the assignment to PS1 from .bash_profile to .bashrc, and now it
works great. Thanks!
My surprise is that assignments to PS1 made in .bash_profile were not
inherited by the shells in xterms.
Thanks also to the others, who made the effort to contribute advice.
--- Omer
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