Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster

[Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org>]

On Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 05:00:23PM +0000, Lee wrote:
> <aside>
> really?!!  What do you have in PS1?
> </aside>

PS1='\h:\w\$ '

> IMO, the if test needs an else and the directory name shouldn't be
> typed out multiple times -- it belongs in an e-var:
> 
> dir="$HOME/AppImages"
> if [ -d "$dir" ] ; then
>   PATH="$dir:$PATH"
> else
>   echo "OnNoes!! The directory \"$dir\" does not exist!" >&2
> fi

That's fine, but it's not an "e-var" (environment variable).  It's just
a regular variable.