From: Mike Hoy > $ .bashrc > -bash: /home/dio/.bashrc: Permission denied > dio@eutopia:~$ ls -l .bashrc > -rw-r--r-- 1 dio mhoy06 30 2010-10-05 23:23 .bashrc [snip] .bashrc is not meant to be executed. It's meant to be *sourced*. You do "source .bashrc" or ". .bashrc" to make the currently-running shell read in environment variable settings, aliases, functions, and stuff like that. So when you change .bashrc, you do "source .bashrc" so that whatever you changed will get picked up. Dazed_75 already said this, but I'm saying it again. -- Matt G / Dances With Crows The Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress/ There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see --------------------------------------------------- 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