Hi,
The tweaks that I have applied to .bashrc are not automatically applied when I boot into the system. I have to manually give $. .bashrc each time I logon.
Any idea how I can have my favourite settings applied each time I logon?

Create a ~/.bash_profile:

if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
. ~/bashrc # --> Read bashrc, if present.
fi

~/.bash_profile exists, but the relevant lines were commented out. Even after uncommenting them the problem persists. Here is a listing of .bash_profile -


# ~/.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

# the rest of this file is commented out.

# set variable identifying the chroot you work in
#if [ -f /etc/debian_chroot ]; then
# debian_chroot=$(cat /etc/debian_chroot)
#fi

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

# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
#if [ -d ~/bin ] ; then
# PATH=~/bin:"${PATH}"
#fi

# do the same with MANPATH
#if [ -d ~/man ]; then
# MANPATH=~/man:"${MANPATH}"
# export MANPATH
#fi
# --- kcmrscp::start [Do not edit these lines.] ---
export LOCPATH=/home/aditya/.rscp/locales-bin/
export LANG=en_IN
export LANGUAGE=en_US
export LC_ALL=en_IN
alias ls='ls -lh'
# --- kcmrscp::end ---

what is in your " ~/.bashrc " ?

egag

Nothing much. However here it is -

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

# Add ~/bin/ to the PATH
export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/bin"
# If running interactively, then:
if [ "$PS1" ]; then

# don't put duplicate lines in the history. See bash(1) for more options
# export HISTCONTROL=ignoredups

# check the window size after each command and, if necessary,
# update the values of LINES and COLUMNS.
#shopt -s checkwinsize

# enable color support of ls and also add handy aliases
if [ "$TERM" != "dumb" ]; then
eval `dircolors -b`
#User defined aliases
alias ls='ls -lh --color=auto'
#alias dir='ls --color=auto --format=vertical'
#alias vdir='ls --color=auto --format=long'
fi

# some more ls aliases
#alias ll='ls -l'
#alias la='ls -A'
#alias l='ls -CF'

# set a fancy prompt
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ '

# If this is an xterm set the title to user@host:dir
case $TERM in
xterm*)
PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]0;${USER}@${HOSTNAME}: ${PWD}\007"'
;;
*)
;;
esac

# enable programmable completion features (you don't need to enable
# this, if it's already enabled in /etc/bash.bashrc).
if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then
. /etc/bash_completion
fi
fi

Perhaps Slackware doesn't like (or understand)
When I used Debian, I always deleted .bashrc and made my own.Why not just make one that says

- and say that's it?

Got it going this time.
As suggested by OSourceDiplomat, I first copied .bashrc to .bashrc_backup. -
then I added the following three lines -

export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/bin"
PS1='\u.\h@\W $ '
alias ls='ls --color'

Rebooted. But still couldn't get it right. So I checked .bash_profile, there I found this line -


alias ls='ls -lh'


this was conflicting with the alias in .bashrc. So I commented it out and rebooted. This time I got it right. My stupidity

Thank you, worked fine, just check 3rd reference to bashrc needs a dot "." .bashrc

Heh, you don't need to restart Linux system at all, only at kernel change. This is not MS Windows ;-) It would be enough to relogin to apply changes in bash startup scripts.

Agreed. Another of my stupidities :-)