Thanks, John:
As, root, if I
cd /home/gelmce
then
joe .bashrc
I see 'New File' at the top of the screen.
I don't think that I have '.bashrc' in my home directories.
ls -a
in my home directory returns three dotted filenames:
.bash_history
.less
.lessrc
Regards, Chuck
John Aldrich wrote:
>
> Well, I'm not familiar with Slack, but under RedHat, you can edit the
> .bashrc file that is in your home directory (notice the DOT-bashrc) and put
> the alias commands in there. The find command as you have it listed, I
> believe, will fail to find dot-files, which would explain why you didn't
> find the .bashrc. Do an "ls -l" in your home directory, or perhaps "ls -l
> .bashrc" (minus quotes, of course.) You should see it there...
> John
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Charles E Gelm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 6:30 PM
> Subject: ? /etc/bashrc ? was Re: Colours ....
>
> >
> > I was trying to add some 'alias' commands for my common keyboard
> > keystrokes,
> > but they didn't last between logon's much less reboots.
> >
> > How can I append to my 'alias's and make them 'stick' between logon's?
> >
> > find / -iname bash*
> >
> > only shows multiple .../bash_history files.
> >
> > Where can I edit my profile ? Slakware-3.9.0 linux-2.0.37pre10
> >
> > Regards, Chuck
> >
