On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> OK, well, maybe there's a flaw in how I'm testing this:
[clip]
> And then exit out of the konsole I'm in. Start up a new Konsole in KDE or
> flip to a new VT, log in and type clr.
>
> Never heard of it, says the shell. (sigh). This has got to be absurdly
> easy, but I'm just missing something. (oh, and btw, yes, I edit all the
> files in the /etc dir as root. And if the modification I use doesn't
> work, I remove it and find a new file to mess with...)
>
Yes, there is a flaw. For these changes to take effect, you must log
out and log back in...completely, not just exit a Konsole or console.
IIRC, ~/.bash_profile only applies to console/Konsole windows, but
I"m betting you have to completely log out of Linux and log back in
(don't have to restart, just log out) for this to take effect. Give
that a shot and see...
OTOH, the alias you have indicated works just fine here... :-) I also
have it aliased as "cls" (from my 4dos days <G>)
John
