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Re: synchronizing console, xterm and rxvt using bash.



On Sat, 27 Jun 1998, Alan Eugene Davis wrote:

> console.  WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO GET THESE TOOLS IN SYNC?
> 
> Where is rxvt getting its variables, and what needs to be done to
> assure the rxvt sources /etc/profile?

Neither xterm nor rxvt reads /etc/profile.

The difference is between login-shell and non-login-shell

If you log in at console bash starts as login-shell and reads
~/.bash_profile and /etc/profile.

xterm and rxvt call bash as non-login-shell. bash reads ~/.bashrc

you can either  'tell' xterm and rxvt to start bash as login-shell:

	(you have to edit your window-manager-menu)

or you just copy everything in /etc/profile to your ~/.bashrc


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Heute ist nicht alle Tage, ich komme wieder, keine Frage!!!

   Joerg


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