Chris, I had the same problem with my profile. My work around was editing (creating?) the .bash_profile file. At least I think that's it, I'm at school now. It's just like .profile , but renamed to confuse us ! Good luck. Mike.
On Wed, 7 Aug 1996, chris beamis wrote: > >> 2. another problem, which I didn't have under Slackware, is using a > >> .profile > >> in the user's home area. I have just one line in it, "alias 'lo'=exit" > >> which > >> has always worked before but the lo commanded doesn't get recognized. I > >> also > >> tried renaming the file to .login but still no luck. Any ideas? > > Leszek, > Sorry, I should have mentioned that it is the same .profile which I've > always used successfully with Slackware releases. I was going from memory > which is the only reason I got the quotes wrong. There is something else > going on causing bash or something to ignore my .profile. > > Thanks anyway. > > Chris Beamis > >