why my alias is effective only after running . /home/oracle/.bash_profile

redhatwannabe · 05-13-2009, 03:19 PM

from http://ivan.kartik.sk/oracle/install...R2_redhat.html

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echo "alias sqlplus='rlwrap sqlplus'" >> /home/oracle/.bash_profile
echo "alias adrci='rlwrap rman'" >> /home/oracle/.bash_profile
"

from http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/linux/rlwrap.php

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Run the following commands, or better still append then to the ".bash_profile" of the oracle software owner.
".

so this is what my ~/.bash_profile looks like

Code:

# .bash_profile
umask 022
# Get the aliases and functions
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
        . ~/.bashrc
fi

# User specific environment and startup programs
ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle/;
ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/10.2.0/db_1;
ORACLE_SID=tomkyte;
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib;
PATH=$PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/bin;

alias rlsqlplus='rlwrap -i sqlplus'
alias rlrman='rlwrap -i rman'

export ORACLE_BASE ORACLE_HOME ORACLE_SID LD_LIBRARY_PATH PATH

after login in as oracle when I run

Code:

rlrman / target
bash: rlrman: command not found

it is only after running

Code:

 . /home/oracle/.bash_profile

that I was able to rlrman

what should I do so that I need not run . /home/oracle/.bash_profile in order to run either rlsqlplus or rlrman?

Am I missing something? my distro is Centos 5.3

thanks a lot!

i92guboj · 05-13-2009, 03:25 PM

~/.bash_profile is sourced each time that you open a new interactive-login shell. So, it will not be sourced if you login using a display manager like xdm, kde or gdm and then you one a terminal emulator. For such cases, you must use ~/.bashrc instead.

More info in the "INVOCATION" section of the bash man page.

I guess that could be the problem.

chrism01 · 05-14-2009, 01:34 AM

A bit odd. I've got CENTOS 5.3 as well, and the default is to source .bashrc from .bash_profile anyway

Code:

cat .bash_profile
# .bash_profile

# Get the aliases and functions
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
        . ~/.bashrc
fi

# User specific environment and startup programs

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin

export PATH

If your default shell is bash in /etc/passwd, it should run both files at login.
Maybe you didn't logout all the way after doing the changes.
It only sets them once at GUI login, then clones that for xterms.