Re: bash not reading ~/.bashrc
the ~/.bashrc file is read by non-login shells (i.e. xterm or eterm). the ~/.bash_profile file is read by login(1) when you log in to the console.
jordan
On Fri, 21 Feb 2003 16:53:07 -0500
Roberto Sanchez <sanchezr@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Why is it that when I switch to a text console with <Ctl>-<Alt>-<F1> that
> bash does not read in my ~/.bashrc?
>
> When I pull up a terminal in X it works fine (all my command aliases are
> there). And when I log in to a text console, if explicitly type in the
> command 'bash' at the bash prompt, the new shell reads it in. But the top
> level shell from text login does not read it.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> -Roberto Sanchez
>
>
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