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Re: Login-related questions


On 13-Jan-1998, Smith, Martin <martin@buntypost.dundee.ncr.com> wrote:
> When opening a (non-login) Bash shell, my .bashrc is read okay (after I   
> set HOME=/usr/home/martin in my environment via the NT control panel).   
> However, when I use a login shell, it seems not to read .bashrc (I no   
> longer have my colourized 'ls' for example). Why might this be?

For login shells, bash reads ~/.bash_profile rather than ~/.bashrc.
Try adding `source ~/.bashrc' to your ~/.bash_profile file.

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