> > Hi > I have add several aliases to my .bashrc file ,but the file would not > be consulted while starting up. > What I am doing wrong
You need to put them in your .bash_profile file, and you need to make sure you are running a `login shell'. To get a login shell in an xterm, you need to specify the `-ls' option, otherwise your .bash_profile won't be parsed. HTH, Eric -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax +31 40 2455054