Re: Running scripts from ~/bin directory
On 8/20/06, José Alburquerque <jaalburquerque@cox.net> wrote:
Hi all. I apologize if you get this e-mail twice, mail reader
configuration is a little awry! This a general shell (bash) question
which I hope someone may be able to answer: I created a "bin" directory
in my home directory in which I've placed a few scripts and executables
I'd like to be able to execute on demand at a command prompt. In my
home directory I also have a ".bash_profie" file which is very short and
adds this "~/bin" directory to the path.
As I understand it, isn't bash supposed to execute this file when I
login? The problem I encounter is that after I log in the "~/bin"
directory does not appear in path and I cannot execute commands in ~/bin
unless I specify full path. I'm logging in using GDM, which came
configured this way when I installed GNOME on etch system. Anyone have
any idea why adding ~/bin to path in ~/.bash_profile would not work this
way? Below is what my ~/.bash_profile looks like (it also was generated
automatically when I created user, but conveniently already "adds" ~/bin
to PATH). Thanks for any help.
Sincerely
Jose Alburquerque
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jose@sweety:/data/mame-cd/xmame-0.59.2$ more ~/.bash_profile
# ~/.bash_profile: executed by bash(1) for login shells.
# see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files for examples.
# the files are located in the bash-doc package.
# the default umask is set in /etc/login.defs
#umask 022
# include .bashrc if it exists
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
. ~/.bashrc
fi
# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
if [ -d ~/bin ] ; then
PATH=~/bin:"${PATH}"
fi
I think you may want to put that path stament
in .bashrc, which is used for non-login shells
(i.e. xterms). Then you could also take it out
of .bash_profile, because .bash_profile pulls in
.bashrc.
Cheers,
Kelly
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