On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 04:01:51AM +0000, Pigeon wrote: > Puzzled Pigeon: Huh? It gets executed, according to the first line... > > # ~/.bash_profile: executed by bash(1) for login shells. > > It sure looks like a shell script, and you put shell script > commands in it. And shell scripts need to be executable > before you can execute them. > > Tries experiment: chmod a-x ~/.bash_profile and logs in from another vc. > > Gordon Bennett! It's true an' all. Sorry Josh, I thought that was a > typo. > > How does that one work then?
It actually gets sourced by bash, not executed. This means that it is equivalent to you typing in these commands, and not run in a separate process. Simon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]