On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, Jim wrote: > Hal wrote: > > > > > Hi all.....I have added some lines to my .bashrc in > > > an attempt to make an alias and change my prompt. Though > > > I completely log out and back in, the changes do not take > > > effect (but xemacs does work when I type "xemacs"). > > > >What does your ~/.bash_profile look like? It should source ~/.bashrc. > > Thanks Hal. The ~/.bash_profile does source ~/.bashrc I think, it has an if > statement which, if there are functions/commands in ~/.bashrc, > calls/executes them. I'm in windows at the moment but I did look at it. > > Any other ideas?
IMHO, setting the alias should go in your ~/.bashrc, while setting the command line prompt should go in ~/.bash_profile. i just tested putting an alias in .bashrc, opened up another xterm while in GNOME, and it worked fine. what release of red hat are you dealing with? rday -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
