Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 15:53:17 -0500 From: "James A. Mutter" <jmutter@ds.net> To: David Banning <tracker@worldy.com> Cc: FreeBSD <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: bash doesn't recognize .profile when in X Message-ID: <38B2F73D.BAD209D1@ds.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10002221533250.16245-100000@mweb.worldy.com>
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> 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.
Be sure to start your terminal sessions are actually login shells. If
you're using an xterm try starting like this: xterm -<other args> -ls.
Not sure what you would do for variations on the xterm.
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