On Thu, Aug 19, 1999 at 09:27:27AM -0500, Brian Servis <servis@purdue.edu> wrote: > *- On 19 Aug, Stavros wrote about "Xterm" > > > > 2) i dont know if it is a xterm or a bash problem but when i start a new > > xterm the ~/.bashrc isn't being read. > > > > .bashrc is only read in a 'login' shell. By default xterms don't start > as a login shell, you need to use the -ls option to xterm. See the man > pages for bash and xterm. > No, you're thinking of .profile and .bash_profile, which are only read in login shells. .bashrc is read by bash in all interactive shells, unless it is invoked as sh. The only thing I can think of is that his xterm is invoking sh rather than bash. -- Eric Gillespie, Jr. <*> epg@pobox.com "Man is a rope, tied between beast and overman--a rope over an abyss. A dangerous across, a dangerous on-the-way, a dangerous looking-back, a dangerous shuddering and stopping." --Friedrich Nietzsche
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