[UCLA-LUG] .bash_profile and .bashrc files

[David Parker]

Try copying the stuff in ~/.bash_profile into /etc/bashrc or /etc/profile. This
file should be read every time bash is run under normal circumstances.

David

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----- Original Message -----
From: MIng Yu <myu@anderson.ucla.edu>
To: <linux@linux.ucla.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 12:00 PM
Subject: [UCLA-LUG] .bash_profile and .bashrc files


> Hi,
>
> In both my .bash_profile file and .bashrc file, I put a line " alias ls
> = "ls -a --color"  ". So, when I use telnet to login and use ls, it does
> show the real effect of  "ls -a --color". But, when I open a terminal by
> clicking the icon under GNOME's desktop, it doesn't give me the result.
> I have to run . $HOME/.bash_profile in order to have this effect.
>
> Can you tell me what I should do to solve this problem?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ming
>