.profile problem

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ppong619

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Hi everyone, i'm trying to automatically set a path everytime i start up x11 but when i created my .profile, it doesn't seem to run the stuff in the .profile and my path isnt set so i need to manually do it every time. can anyone help me with this problem? Sorry, i'm not too proficent with unix systems. thanks in advanced.
 
Check your preferences in Terminal.app to see whether it's using BASH or TSCH as the shell, they each use a different file for storing things like user defined variables.

Try .bash-rc or .bashrc
 
try this:
cd
cp -p .profile .bashrc

then run:
ls -a
to see all the files including hidden ones (should see .profile and .bashrc files)

I believe this only works when you are logged in.
 
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