.bash_profile doesn't start

zWaR · 04-25-2005, 06:19 PM

I'm having a problem with .bash_profile, which doesn't start when i open the konsole or switch user. I'm having my .bash_profile file saved in home directory. I'm new to Slackware (i'm using Slackware 10.1), so i don't know if he wants the .bash_profile file elsewhere or what is wrong?

mrcheeks · 04-25-2005, 06:24 PM

is your bash_profile customized and if so, is the syntax ok?

zWaR · 04-25-2005, 06:49 PM

It is, if i start it manually:

Code:

. .bash_profile

it works!

egag · 04-25-2005, 07:00 PM

i think you can make a file named " ~/.profile " and put in :

source ~/.bash_profile

egag

zWaR · 04-25-2005, 07:26 PM

egag, 10x! it works now!

Shade · 04-26-2005, 12:28 AM

The reason it wasn't getting read is because .bash_login is only read for login shells -- konsole, xterms, su's etc are all sub-shells. The 'correct' way to have it read consistently is to reference it in .bashrc which is read when sub-shells are started. Like so:

Code:

source ~/.bash_profile

--Shade