/etc/profile and ~/.bash_profile are not being read

[janne]

tis 2004-11-16 klockan 17:48 -0800 skrev Vram:
> On Wed, 2004-11-17 at 10:16 +0900, janne wrote:
> > A constant source of frustration is that neither /etc/profile, nor
> > ~/.bash_profile are being read, and thus I can't use these for adding
> > stuff to my PATH, or other things.
> > 
> > Anybody has a solution to this? Is this a real bug, or is there some
> > other, prefferred way to do stuff like that?
> > 
> > And in any case, should'nt these files be honoured in any case, seeing
> > as how they are standard on other systems?
> > 
> > 
> 
> Well.....
> 
> I think I would put stuff in 
> .bashrc

That is being run every time you open a new shell, meaning anything in
it will be redone every time. THat is not a good idea for things like
adding directories to your path.


> It is my understanding that .bash_profile is read on login

It should be. It isn't. That is the basis of my question :)


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