shell problem

ust · 01-24-2008, 03:47 AM

I modified the .bash_profile to add a alias "abc=~my_app/client" , this alias works fine . But I found that if I run /bin/bash first and then the alias is no longer can use , I checked that in /etc/passwd , my shell is /bin/bash , can advise why the alias can not be use after run /bin/bash ? how can I know which shell I am using ? thx

ilikejam · 01-24-2008, 04:48 AM

Hi.

.bash_profile is only sourced for login shells, so running /bin/bash yourself won't add the alias.

If you run '/bin/bash -l', it should work.

Dave

Dinithion · 01-24-2008, 05:47 AM

You could add it to ~/.bashrc aswell. Then the alias would work on every terminal, regular and login shells.