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Re: .profile
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kyle Ferrio)
Fri Nov 8 19:06:05 1996
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 1996 18:57:16 -0500 (EST)
From: Kyle Ferrio <kbf@phy.duke.edu>
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On Fri, 8 Nov 1996, Borg wrote:
> Yeah right. Mine isn't executed either and I think that's
> because the proper files are:
>
> .bash_profile
> .bashrc
>
> So, you should rename your .profile to one of the above.
> (I am not sure which one).
>
> Regards,
> Vlad
For the benefit of the original poster, the logic used by bash to decide
which file to source (.bashrc or .bash_profile) is very clearly explained
in the man page for bash.
Kyle
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