aliases in xterm

darkleaf · 11-21-2004, 01:07 PM

I have some aliases in my ~/.bash_profile file and I wanted to put one in for realplayer as well since I have to export AUDIO everytime I start it. However if I edit that file it doesn't work in xterm. Is it possible to do and which file do I have to edit then?

btmiller · 11-21-2004, 01:45 PM

Xterm starts what's known as a non-login shell, i.e. it doesn't source your .bash_profile, just your .bashrc (if it exists). What I usually do is put all of my custom aliases etc. into .bashrc and then have .bash_profile source .bashrc.

darkleaf · 11-21-2004, 02:42 PM

How do you do that sourcing? Cause if I put any aliases in my .bashrc they don't work in bash itself,

comprookie2000 · 11-21-2004, 06:35 PM

Put this in your bash_profile;
# /etc/skel/.bash_profile:
# $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/etc/skel/.bash_profile,v 1.10 2002/11/18 #19:39:22 azarah Exp $

#This file is sourced by bash when you log in interactively.
[ -f ~/.bashrc ] && . ~/.bashrc

jschiwal · 11-21-2004, 07:58 PM

Question: Does it still not work after logging out. I would expect that the xterm process would be a child of your original login shell. Some distributions have an aliases file that is sourced by one of the startup scripts. Reading through the startup scripts in /etc/profile and ~/.bash_profile might help. Also, double check that /bin/bash is the shell listed in the passwd file.

darkleaf · 11-22-2004, 09:50 AM

Quote:

# ~/.bash_profile: executed by bash(1) for login shells.
# see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files for examples.
# the files are located in the bash-doc package.

# the default umask is set in /etc/login.defs
#umask 022

# include .bashrc if it exists
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
. ~/.bashrc
fi

alias x='startx & exit'
alias kde='startx /usr/bin/startkde & exit'
alias real='export AUDIO=/dev/dsp0 && aoss realplay'

Sourcing was already in it I guess. Could the problem be that I start with fluxbox with startx & exit? The xterm starts as philip@debian so I think it knows that it should use my files. What could be wrong