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Re: bash profile how?



Bob Proulx said:
>> Alternatively, do it in .Xresources
>>
>>   *VT100*loginShell:     true
>>   *Rxvt*loginShell:      true
>
> I can see that will work for you and for many other people.  But it
> won't work for everything in all cases.  In particular in the cases
> where you need to inherit the environment.

Like ssh-agent. Not to mention it's a serious waste of clock cycles to
build the shell environment every time you launch an xterm. Also this only
works for vt100 and rxvt. Etc.

IOW this is a horrible solution for just about everybody.

Mike



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