Re: bash won't read in ~/.bashrc

[Joris Huizer <joris_huizer@yahoo.com>]

--- Roberto Sanchez <rcsanchez97@yahoo.es> wrote:
> I have a machine running Debian Woody.  I made some
> changes to my ~/.bashrc
> file, but the changes aren't taking.  The changes I
> made to root's ~/.bashrc
> work like a champ, but not for my regular user
> account.  I can access the
> server via SSH, and basically, it works for root
> (whether I ssh in directly or
> first as a regular user and then su -).  For my
> regular user it only works 
> when I execute 'bash' again at the bash prompt. 
> Otherwise, nothing.  Why is
> this?
> 
> -Roberto
> 

Bash (and other shells) only read the ~/.bashrc when
they start - but you can make them read the file again
while running, using 
  source ~/.bashrc 

I hope this helps,

Joris


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