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PostPosted: Fri Nov 01, 2002 9:55 pm    Post subject: ~/.bashrc Reply with quote

how do i get my ~/.bashrc file read when i log in?
my username has /bin/bash in the /etc/passwd file, so i'm a bit stuck.

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 01, 2002 9:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What does your ~/.bash_profile look like? IIRC, for login shells, .bashrc is sourced from .bash_profile...
Code:
# Copyright 1999-2002 Gentoo Technologies, Inc.
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, v2 or later
# $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/etc/skel/.bash_profile,v 1.8 2002/08/07 18:13:35 azarah Exp $

#This file is sourced by bash when you log in interactively.
[ -f ~/.bashrc ] && . ~/.bashrc

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 01, 2002 10:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

my bash_profile file has the same as yours, but my alias' and some other environment variables aren't being read.

any more ideas?
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 01, 2002 11:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have a question that's quite related to this. Does it matter what program I'm using to get a 'terminal' or do they all operate the same? How should I log into bash interactively when opening a terminal? Does it differ from terminal program to terminal program? I was attempting to determine a way to interactively log in so I can get my ~/.bash_profile sourced by logging in and running this script
Code:
#! /bin/bash
if [ -z "$PS1" ]; then
   echo This shell is not interactive
else
   echo This shell is interactive
fi

However, I can't seem to get any of my terminal programs to log me in interactively. Is this something that I would have to change when I'm logging into my account the very first time I log in?
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 02, 2002 1:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ya know, to be quite honest, I'm rather confused about this too. I'm not sure exactly when /etc/bashrc, /etc/profile, ~/.bashrc and ~/.bash_profile are all supposed to get read and what the difference is supposed to be. I know /etc/profile gets read, for example when I ssh into my box, but not if I open up konsole.

paulsh21: Is this when you log on via the console, via an xterm (or equivalent), over ssh, or all of the above? I assume you've checked things like permissions on the file and typing "source .bashrc" from the command line to be doubly sure there aren't any typos or anything fouling it up...
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 02, 2002 11:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i'm getting the problem when i log in via the console - but none of my variables (PATH, PS1 etc) are being read when i open an xterm.

i'm searched around, and it seems as though i need to enable interactive logins for bash. how i do that, i have no idea :(

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 02, 2002 3:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you're using xterm then you need to add a flag to have it source your bash files. From the man page:

Code:
 -ls     
This  option  indicates  that  the  shell  that is
started in the xterm window will be a login  shell
(i.e.,  the  first  character of argv[0] will be a
dash, indicating to the shell that it should  read
the user's .login or .profile).


If you're running fluxbox (if you're using xterm I guess you are) edit ~/.fluxbox/menu and add the flag to the relavant startup command.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 02, 2002 4:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

miles: that does the trick for using xterm - but gnome-terminal2 still cant be run from within a nautilus session. it complains that it cant read some file, and then quits.

I need to do "interactive login: yes" somewhere, but i don't know where.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 03, 2002 11:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sorry Paul, I'm not familiar with gnome-terminal2, I'm almost certain it will be a program setting rather than an environment thing.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 03, 2002 1:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

there actually is no .bashrc. it was just a made up rc to work along with .bash_profile. i think .bashrc was created as a space for user to modify the bash shell profile instead of changing directy in .profile or .bash_profile (bash specified). I think RedHat was the first started using this. btw xterm dont read /etc/profile but user's specified .bash_profile unless your .bash_profile call it up, for example look at mind:
bash_profile:
Code:
# .bash_profile

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/office:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/lib/jsdk/bin
cflags="-Os -march=pentium3 -pipe -s -fomit-frame-pointer -fforce-addr"

if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
        . ~/.bashrc
fi

export PATH
export cflags
#export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=/usr/lib/mozilla
export GDK_USE_XFT=1
export AAFont="-*-fixed-*-*-*-*-*-80-*-*-*-*-*-*"
unset USERNAME


i use this file to set the environment i need and yes it looks for .bashrc so my .bashrc defintely means something now.
Code:
# .bashrc

alias rm='rm -i'
alias cp='cp -i'
alias mv='mv -i'
alias ls='ls -a --color=tty'
alias df='df -Th'
alias s='sudo'

# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/profile ]; then
        . /etc/profile
fi

if [ -f $HOME/colorls.sh ]; then
        . $HOME/colorls.sh
fi

I use this one to define some functions, and yeah it sources /etc/profile to make my xterm more interactive. Actually u can just put everything in .bashrc in .bash_profile and no more calling function required.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 03, 2002 2:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
I'm not sure exactly when /etc/bashrc, /etc/profile, ~/.bashrc and ~/.bash_profile are all supposed to get read and what the difference is supposed to be.


man bash tells us, which files are the files it's looking for:
When bash is invoked as an interactive login shell, or as a non-interactive shell with the --login option, it first reads and executes commands from the file /etc/profile, if that file exists. After reading that file, it looks for ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bash_login, and ~/.profile, in that order, and reads and executes commands from the first one that exists and is readable.
[...]
When an interactive shell that is not a login shell is started, bash reads and executes commands from ~/.bashrc, if that file exists.

Usually, only your first shell is the login shell, and opening further terminals without for example the -ls option or whatever that particular terminal uses, it's only reading .bashrc.

Hth,
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 03, 2002 4:38 pm    Post subject: SU Reply with quote

phong wrote:
Ya know, to be quite honest, I'm rather confused about this too. I'm not sure exactly when /etc/bashrc, /etc/profile, ~/.bashrc and ~/.bash_profile are all supposed to get read and what the difference is supposed to be. I know /etc/profile gets read, for example when I ssh into my box, but not if I open up konsole.


If konsole uses SU then I don't think that uses .bash_profile. Check out the man page for su and it'll tell you it parses $HOME/.profile and /etc/login.defs
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 03, 2002 4:52 pm    Post subject: Re: SU Reply with quote

mmealman wrote:
If konsole uses SU then I don't think that uses .bash_profile. Check out the man page for su and it'll tell you it parses $HOME/.profile and /etc/login.defs

Actually, if a user types
Code:
su <username>
then no .bash_profile is read; if they type
Code:
su - <username>
then the .bash_profile isread (assuming bash to be the shell for that user account).

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 03, 2002 5:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's how to open a login shell (a so-called interactive shell) in three popular terminal programs:
Code:
xterm -ls
aterm -ls
Eterm -l

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