Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 16:13:55 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Synapse Engineering <engineering@mem.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: User profile under X Message-ID: <3840.939910435@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 13 Oct 1999 13:11:05 EST." <3804CB39.BAE933A1@mem.net>
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On Wed, 13 Oct 1999 13:11:05 EST, Synapse Engineering wrote: > When I start an XTerm session, I have to type source .profile to get my > environment variables set. Can I create a file in my home dir that will > tell X to source my profile when X is started? If Jonathan Chen's advice doesn't sort your problem out, then you may be running some shell like bash, which looks for its own .bashrc instead of .profile . If that's the case, you could create yourself the following .bashrc file: if [ -f $HOME/.profile ] ; then . $HOME/.profile fi Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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