.bashrc

hilljockey · 06-07-2006, 07:58 AM

I've added a path line to /root/.bashsrc

Now most commands are "not found" because of this.

Importantly I can't run vi to undo the file edit.

No user has sudo permission.

Not using a GUI. Any suggestions about how to fix this?

druuna · 06-07-2006, 08:04 AM

Hi,

You can run vi by including the whole path. I.e.:

/usr/bin/vi

Your path to vi could be different (use which vi to find out).

Hope this helps.

hilljockey · 06-07-2006, 08:10 AM

Thanks Druuna, that worked a treat!

nx5000 · 06-07-2006, 08:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hilljockey

I've added a path line to /root/.bashsrc

You shouldn't do this, in general.
The path modification should be done in .bash_profile
Otherwise, every script that you run from bash (this is a bash feature only, it doesn't care about the #!/bin/sh line) will inherit this property, maybe twice.
Basic example is PATH=/some/dir:$PATH in .bashrc.
If a script spawn 3 children then the path will become /some/dir:/some/dir:/some/dir:$PATH.
Also there should be no EXPORT command in .bashrc.

hilljockey · 06-07-2006, 08:35 AM

Thanks for that tip. I was unsure about what to do and really not wanting to touch .bashrc again!

johnMG · 06-07-2006, 01:11 PM

Mostly, you'll just use your .bashrc for adding aliases.