On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Mitchell Gil Maltenfort wrote:
> >> 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?
Rename it what you like. Bash will still look for ~/.bash_profile, and
not findig it, go its merry way without it. Or you could do:
cd
mv .bash_profile .profile
ln -s .profile .bash_profile
Perhaps that would make both you and bash happy.:-) You can maintain
~/.profile, and bash will find ~/.bash_profile.
>
> and is there a documented list of other RH idiosyncracies?
>
There may be, but I don't think this will be on it. AFAIK it is a bash
idiosyncrasy. I reckon each shell has a right to look for its profile
where it likes so they can all coexist on the same system.
It is on man bash, after all.
Lawson
>< Microsoft free environment
This mail client runs on Wine. Your mileage may vary.
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
___________________________________________________________________
You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail.
Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html
or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
