On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 14:12, Oliver Lange wrote: > Eric Paynter wrote: > >>Gentoo by default sources .bashrc from .bash_profile which is, of > >>course, why I asked what shell he is using. If .bashrc isn't > >>getting run, then perhaps he has a different shell without > >>realizing it. > > > > Or perhaps he doesn't have a .bash_profile... > > > > I have a .bash_profile, but i'm not sure if and which shell i'm using. > I can only say this: i've installed gentoo. How can i fugure out which > shell is set for my user and for the root account ? Either look in /etc/passwd or run 'echo $SHELL'.
If you are using bash then the system wide bash config file /etc/profile will be used. It should then call your own .bash_profile. This in turn can execute a .bashrc file. As you rightly pointed out neither .bashrc nor .bash_profile are executable. For the line in your .bash_profile to include your config in .bashrc make it executable (chmod u+x .bashrc). I am not sure but I think /etc/profile 'source's your .bash_profile so it does not need to be executable. But I would check /etc/profile to make sure. Hope that helps. Dg -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
