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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