[sclug] puzzle: including ~/bin in $PATH
Keith Edmunds
keith at midnighthax.com
Mon Nov 28 08:51:45 UTC 2005
John Stumbles wrote:
> to see if bash_profile is being run (it isn't on sarge, it is on kubuntu)
Much easier (and more reliable) way: put 'set -x' as the first line of
.bash_profile. When you log in you should then see the file being
executed. If .bash_profile isn't being run, what is the output from your
Sarge system of:
grep your-username /etc/passwd
ls -l ~/.bash_profile
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Keith Edmunds
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