Cnt Find .bash_profile

minky81 · 09-12-2007, 10:12 AM

Hello,

I am a real newbie.I work on MAC OSX.I have been trying to locate bash_profile to set some PATHS.I am supposed to find it in home directory..but am a=unable to do so.My programs etc are not in my Home dir..they are rather saved in /users/meenaksharora..IS this a problem?
How can i edit BASH_profile?

Please advise..

MensaWater · 09-12-2007, 10:41 AM

Type "echo $HOME" to verify your "home" directory is what you think it is. The fact you're files are being "written" to /users/meenaksharora suggests that is your real "home" directory OR something in your startup is doing a cd to that directory.

There is an /etc/bash_profile which is GLOBAL for all users meaning that anyone that logs in gets the settings there.

There is also $HOME/.bash_profile which is LOCAL for the user who logs in and is executed after the above.

Additionally there can be a $HOME/.bashrc for other settings.

Check for each of these files. Note "." at beginning of file name means it is "hidden" you have to use the -a flag of ls to see such files (e.g. ls -la will show all files including hidden ones). The file in /etc/ does NOT have a "." at the beginning of its name but the two in $HOME should.

minky81 · 09-12-2007, 10:54 AM

When i do Echo $home, It gives me nothing at all.. not sure what that means.ALso i only have one bashrc file in /etc folder.there is NO bash_profile in my "home" directory...

Please tell me wat this means..

Quote:

Originally Posted by jlightner

Type "echo $HOME" to verify your "home" directory is what you think it is. The fact you're files are being "written" to /users/meenaksharora suggests that is your real "home" directory OR something in your startup is doing a cd to that directory.

There is an /etc/bash_profile which is GLOBAL for all users meaning that anyone that logs in gets the settings there.

There is also $HOME/.bash_profile which is LOCAL for the user who logs in and is executed after the above.

Additionally there can be a $HOME/.bashrc for other settings.

Check for each of these files. Note "." at beginning of file name means it is "hidden" you have to use the -a flag of ls to see such files (e.g. ls -la will show all files including hidden ones). The file in /etc/ does NOT have a "." at the beginning of its name but the two in $HOME should.

bigrigdriver · 09-12-2007, 11:36 AM

Linux is case-sensitive. $home does not equal $HOME. Run 'echo $HOME' as jlightner instructed.

If you don't have a .bash_profile then create one. Do some research on your system; you may have an example bash_provile that you can copy to ~/.bash_profile. After that, edit ~/.bash_profile to suit your needs.

If you don't have an example to copy, do some google research. You may find one.

XavierP · 09-13-2007, 05:05 AM

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