From: "Kristian Erik Hermansen" > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 10:10 PM, Bob Holtzman wrote: >> I can use "export and run my >> news reader immediately after with no problem. As soon as I exit the >> reader (slrn) and close the xterm window the server name is lost. >> In RH the variables are in ~/.bashrc but ubuntu doesn't have this file. >> There is a ~/.profile file that appears to be the equivalent. Is this >> typical of debian based distros? > Just create it... > http://www.tux.org/~mayer/linux/book/node217.html .profile should be sourced by bash when it's invoked as a login shell. .bashrc should be sourced by bash when it's invoked as a non-login shell. In general, people want the same behavior in both login and non-login bash, so often .profile is one line that just tests whether .bashrc exists and sources it if it does. I don't know why they did something different in Ubuntu. For info on what bash does at startup and how, "man bash" and grep for INVOCATION. HTH, --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss