If you look at the manpage, you'll see that .bash_profile is only sourced when bash is started as a login shell or with the --login option. Otherwise, .bashrc is sourced. Personally, I just have .bashrc and symlink .profile and and .bash_profile to it.
Athul On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 11:13 AM, jack craig <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Moblin, > > I was surprised to see PATH changes i put in my .bash_profile were not > exported to my shell environment when i open a terminal window, is this on > purpose? > > Thx, jackc... > -- > jack craig > [email protected] > 831-684-1375 (Office) > 831-596-6924 (cell) > IM: jackcraigaptos (AIM) > _________________________________ > This email has been ClamScanned ! > www.LinuxLightHouse.com > _______________________________________________ > Moblin dev Mailing List > [email protected] > > To manage or unsubscribe from this mailing list visit: > http://lists.moblin.org/listinfo/dev or your user account on > http://moblin.org once logged in. > > For more information on the Moblin Developer Mailing lists visit: > http://moblin.org/community/mailing-lists > _______________________________________________ Moblin dev Mailing List [email protected] To manage or unsubscribe from this mailing list visit: http://lists.moblin.org/listinfo/dev or your user account on http://moblin.org once logged in. For more information on the Moblin Developer Mailing lists visit: http://moblin.org/community/mailing-lists
