Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 21:18:43 -0700 From: fudo <fudo@spamblocked.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: problems with .bashrc Message-ID: <D0BA2492-8DCA-11D8-A14E-000502A8DC42@spamblocked.com>
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Tue Apr 13 19:24:27 PDT 2004, Parv at pair.com wrote:
>> There are several uncommented alias lines in the .shrc file, but
>> none of them work. From what I've read, bash should read .profile
>> and .shrc, but just
> There is no mention of '.shrc' in bash(1) (2.05b.007 version here).
I noticed that. "From what I've read" refers to what's in FreeBSD
Unleashed, 2nd ed. I wonder if the authors just got it wrong; their
example for changing PS1 to show the working directory at the prompt is
wrong. Anyone familiar with the book care to comment?
> So you tried putting debugging statements in the four files so far
> mentioned, and got the output from them but aliasing consistently
> failed?
Ah, no. I've just been editing the files, and then logging out and back
in to see if things work.
> 0. Create .bash{_profile,rc} properly. Read bash(1); search the
> Internet, comp.unix.{shell,misc,questions} newsgroups in
> particular, for examples, solutions/hints.
Kinda looks like I've been barking up the wrong tree, given your
examples. More research in order, thanks for the help (Viktor too).
fudo@spamblocked.com
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