Actually, ~/.bashrc is used only for interactive, non-login shells. If the xterm is invoked with the "-ls" option, it won't be used (unless it's explicitly sourced within ~/.bash_profile, of course).
On Mon, Jun 28, 1999 at 08:16:18PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > On 29-Jun-99 Carl Fink wrote: > > [This message has also been posted.] > > I have a system that was installed from a Debian 2.0 CD-ROM, with > > many packages upgraded to 2.1 or unstable via the web site. > > > > One thing that has bugged me ever since I switched to gdm: my > > .bashrc and .bash_profile files are never read. Now, I realize that > > I'm actually using xterm, but I always assumed xterm was some sort of > > graphical shell for bash, especially since xterms show up in top or > > ps as "bash". > > > > bashrc should be read at all times. bash_profile is only read if the > xterm (or whatever) is called as a login shell, i.e. xterm -ls.
