Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 17:21:29 +0000 (GMT) From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> To: "Ian O'Friel" <Genius@glasgow.crosswinds.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: X Windows loses path variable Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980622171829.353C-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <003001bd9df4$1c1a2b20$17e107c3@metallica>
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On Mon, 22 Jun 1998, Ian O'Friel wrote: >Whenever I start X-Windows it loses the path variable and any commands like >'ls' have to be entered as /bin/ls or I have to create new aliases whenever >I start it up, is there any way to make sure the path statement is actually >used. When I use the 'set' command on it's own it display's the enviroment >including the path command, how strange, any help ?? Which shell do you use? There are two invocations of shells. There are login shells and there are non-login shells. There are different rc files for different invocations. For example: bash uses - .bash_profile for login shells. - .bashrc for non-loging shells. An xterm is _not_ a login shells unless you deliberately make it one. You should read "man (yourshell)" to find out specifics. Catchya Later, | UW Mechanical Engineering Jason Wells | http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/ | 206-633-5994 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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