>> I am confused about where my .profile is. I know where it SHOULD
>> be....and i know i have to do a ls -a to see it....but when i do that it
>> is not there...yes when i try and creat a file named .profile it asks if
>> i want to overwrite the one that is there....so what is the deal with
>> that? Running RH5.2 with bash shell.
>>
>
>On RH it's called .bash_profile
>
Query from an anal newbie:
do I risk fouling up my system if I rename .bash_profile .profile for
consistency with Linux proper?
and is there a documented list of other RH idiosyncracies?
Thanks in advance.