Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 23:29:16 +0100 From: V.Dormeyer@t-online.de (Volker Dormeyer) To: David Banning <tracker@worldy.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bash doesn't recognize .profile when in X Message-ID: <20000222232916.A631@t-online.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10002221533250.16245-100000@mweb.worldy.com>; from David Banning on Tue, Feb 22, 2000 at 03:47:19PM %2B0000 References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10002221533250.16245-100000@mweb.worldy.com>
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On Tue, Feb 22, 2000 at 03:47:19PM +0000, David Banning wrote:
> I have this command in my .profile which allows me to do a "ls -lt" with
> just an "l";
>
> l() { /bin/ls -lt $*; } # less typing
>
> that works find when not in X - but when I fire up my window manager
> (kde)
> it will not recognize the command.
>
> Any ideas ?
Hi,
start your kde terminal with the -ls option so it acts a
login shell and reads your .profile.
-Volker-
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