On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 19:43:00 -0500 Dan Martins <dan-martins@rogers.com> wrote: > On Sun, Feb 05, 2006 at 02:31:52PM -0200, Bruno Buys wrote: > > I am trying to figure out which file I shall edit, in order to add an > > extra dir to my PATH ($HOME/bin). > > If I log on to my debian sarge in text mode, my .bash_profile is read. > > If I log right to X (kdm), it doesn't. The same happens to .bashrc. > > Thanks! > > > > ~/.bash_profile should be read when the shell is opened as a login > shell, ie. from the console you enter username and password. > > ~/.bashrc should be read when a shell is opened through xterm, aterm, > Konsole, etc. > > The easiest thing i've found is to add "source ~/.bashrc" to > .bash_profile and "export PATH="......"" to ~/.bashrc > > The only reason i can think of not to do this is if your .bashrc and > .bash_profile set up your shell differently from each other. In my case > they're both empty except for changing my $PATH. If you run into trouble > I guess you could change your $PATH variable in a different file and > then source that file from both bash scripts. > > Anyone see a problem with this? fwiw, my system has no ~/.bash_profile and my ~/.bashrc sources /etc/profile which is the global profile. A > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > listmaster@lists.debian.org > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org >
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