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- From: probreak@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (James Michael Chacon)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: X-windows & aliases
- Date: 8 Jan 1993 23:05:05 -0600
- Organization: Kansas State University
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- john.will@satalink.com (John Will) writes:
-
- >Can anyone tell me how you get your aliases that appear in .profile to
- >be recognized when you're running X-Windows? I have X running like a
- >champ, but it's a problem to be without all the aliases that I know
- >and love. :-) I have the same problem with .emacs, it doesn't seem
- >to find that either. This must be really simple, I just can't fine
- >the answer in any of my books or the FAQ.
-
- >Internet: john.will@satalink.com
- >---
- > . KingQWK 1.05 # 97 . Bigamy: one wife too many. Monogamy: same idea.
- >
-
- According to the bash man page, .profile is only sourced if you are coming
- in from a login shell. I believe you can tell xterm to use the -ls option
- to simulate a login shell.
-
- Or, you can invoke bash with the -login option.
-
- James
-