[UCLA-LUG] .bash_profile and .bashrc files

[chris]

On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, MIng Yu wrote: 

> I've tried this and it's not working. 

man bash.  gnome is not opening it as a login shell (xterm -l).  probably.


-chris

> Ming
> 
> David Parker wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> >
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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
> > >
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