* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [000812 15:56]:
>
> On Sat, 12 Aug 2000, Richard Spencer wrote:
> > I tried with 'biff n' in /etc/profile but there's no difference.
> > I don't have a .bash_profile yet; I suppose by creating one, I'll
> > be able to resurrect bash behavior I enjoyed in Redhat.
>
> RH sources /etc/bashrc in the skeleton (default) ~/.bash_profile, I
> don't remember if it's with
> source /etc/bashrc
> or
> . /etc/bashrc
> (funtionally the same).
> Here is /etc/bashrc from RH 5.0:
>
> # /etc/bashrc
>
> # System wide functions and aliases
> # Environment stuff goes in /etc/profile
>
> # For some unknown reason bash refuses to inherit
> # PS1 in some circumstances that I can't figure out.
> # Putting PS1 here ensures that it gets loaded every time.
> PS1="[\u@\h \W]\\$ "
>
> alias which="type -path"
> ------------------------------
This is what my /etc/bashrc looks like in RH, except I didn't
have the last line: 'alias which' etc. What on earth does the
PS1 mean anywho? Do you mean I could put a file like that in
Slackware's /etc and it would stop misbehaving, maybe? In other
words, I should 'source' the file to /etc/skel (for new users???)
Huh?
> Now I will look at local mailers.
Do you mean you're going to see whether a local mailer could
be the culprit?
--
Richard Spencer "Why Not" is a slogan for an
São Paulo, Brazil interesting life. -- Mason Cooley
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