[SOLVED] Unable to create .bash_profile on slackware 13.1 as host

basheer · 07-05-2010, 04:09 AM

hi all,
I use slackwar13.1. I'm trying to bulid a distro by using LFS.
I get "cat: /home/lfs/.bash_profile: No such file or directory"
when I type the following lines in the console as usr lfs.
How do i overcome this. Or is there any alternative.
Please help.

lfs@darkstar:~$ cat ~/.bash_profile << "EOF"
> exec nv -i HOME=$HOME TERM=$TERM PSI='\u:\w\$ ' /bin/bash
> EOF
cat: /home/lfs/.bash_profile: No such file or directory

zordrak · 07-05-2010, 05:17 AM

If the file doesn't exist, you can't "cat" it.

druuna · 07-05-2010, 06:28 AM

Hi,

The command shown is not correct.

cat > ~/.bash_profile << "EOF"
exec env -i HOME=$HOME TERM=$TERM PS1='\u:\w\$ ' /bin/bash
EOF

Mind the >

One other thing: I would suggest using the lfs liveCD instead of your current host. Not doing so will get you in trouble in the long run.

Hope this helps.

basheer · 07-07-2010, 09:13 AM

Thanx druuna and Zordark. It was a silly mistake. Thanx again.