On Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 11:24:43PM -0000, Pollywog wrote: > I just found out that in RedHat, .profile is called .bash_profile > Is the same true in Debian? When I used OpenLinux, they were separate files. If I remember correctly, bash will look for .bash_profile first, and will "fall through" to using .profile if the former isn't found. You should be able to find the specifics with "man bash" - look for the INVOCATION section.