I usually put my junk in .bashrc and have .profile and .bash_profile run .
~/.bashrc

except for desktop stuff like my ssh-agent verification, which I put in the
interactive-only stuff.


On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 3:52 PM, sean <sean.a.ritzler@gmail.com> wrote:

> So, again, what is the output of "which killsol.sh"? Also do you have a
> .bashrc? If not try renaming your .profile to .bashrc.
> On Feb 27, 2014 3:48 PM, "Dazed_75" <lthielster@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Sean, when it is not working (I have not run .profile manually), it
>> prints killsol.sh: command not found as expected.  When I have run .profile
>> manually, it executes properly and the is no cli output as I designed.
>>
>> james, i get /bin/bash as my shell
>>
>> kitepilot, I get bash
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 1:36 PM, <kitepilot@kitepilot.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Or:
>>> echo $0
>>> ET
>>>
>>> James Mcphee writes:
>>>
>>>> dash uses /etc/profile, ~/.profile, and $ENV (if available).  grep your
>>>> username from /etc/passwd to find your shell.
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 12:04 PM, sean <sean.a.ritzler@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> No, we want the output of :
>>>>> which killsol.sh
>>>>> "which" tells you where "killsol.sh" is in your path.
>>>>> And by "doesn't work" I mean when it is apparently not found in your
>>>>> path. I want to see what "which" says when your shell does not run
>>>>> "killsol.sh" by itself.
>>>>> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Dazed_75 <lthielster@gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> > Sean, there is no output from killsol.sh.  It either kills the
>>>>> desired
>>>>> > process or does nothing.  And it DOES work when it actually gets run.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Nathan, .profile actually checks to see if the is a .bashrc and if
>>>>> so,
>>>>> runs
>>>>> > it so putting in what you suggest would create an infinite loop.
>>>>>  BUT,
>>>>> you
>>>>> > gave me a clue.  I think ubuntu actually uses dash for the login
>>>>> shell
>>>>> > though bash is the default user shell.  THAT may be why .profile
>>>>> does not
>>>>> > get run for the login shell.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 10:49 AM, Nathan England <
>>>>> plug-discuss@nmecs.com
>>>>> >
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> I know different shells source different files when started, I'm
>>>>> curious
>>>>> >> to know which shell you are using.
>>>>> >> (konsole, gnome-terminal, ...)
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> If it works after sourcing your .profile then I would bet you need
>>>>> to
>>>>> have
>>>>> >> a .bashrc file with a line that says source ~/.profile.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Like Kitepilot, I too am curious to know what
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> which foo.sh
>>>>> >> or
>>>>> >> whereis foo.sh
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> tells us.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> On 2/27/2014 8:24 AM, Dazed_75 wrote:
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Prior to mu sourcing .profile, those commands showed nothing.  Once
>>>>> I
>>>>> ran
>>>>> >> . .profile, I get what I expected:
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> larry@hammerhead:~$ which killsol.sh
>>>>> >> /home/larry/bin/killsol.sh
>>>>> >> larry@hammerhead:~$ type killsol.sh
>>>>> >> killsol.sh is /home/larry/bin/killsol.sh
>>>>> >> larry@hammerhead:~$
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> so the question really comes down to why is .profile not being run
>>>>> on
>>>>> >> login (I already said I do not have the two files which might
>>>>> prevent
>>>>> it).
>>>>> >> This is Ubuntu 12.04 BTW.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 6:50 AM, <kitepilot@kitepilot.com> wrote:
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> Pls show the output of:
>>>>> >>> which foo.sh
>>>>> >>> or
>>>>> >>> type foo.sh
>>>>> >>> ET
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> Dazed_75 writes:
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> I thought $PATH contained the series of paths searched to find an
>>>>> >>>> executable file by the name specified on the command line.
>>>>>  Specifically
>>>>> >>>> if
>>>>> >>>> my $ENV contains a $PATH which reads:
>>>>> >>>> /home/larry/bin:<more paths>
>>>>> >>>> that an executable file like foo.sh found in /home/larry/bin/
>>>>> could be
>>>>> >>>> run
>>>>> >>>> by simply typing foo.sh on the command line.  What am I doing
>>>>> wrong as
>>>>> >>>> it
>>>>> >>>> does not work though it does if I type ./bin/foo.sh while in
>>>>> >>>> /home/larry/?
>>>>> >>>> --
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