Problem with bash login.

[Paul Lussier]

"Steven W. Orr" <steveo at syslang.net> writes:

> This is really frustrating. I want to log into a linux box which is 
> running gdm such that after I have logged in, any app that I start will be 
> running in the environment that is normally established in my 
> .bash_profile. I do not set environment variables in the .bashrc because 
> they're not supposed to be set there.

[...snip...]

> People must have done this in the past.

Sure, in .bashrc, all I have is:

  if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
          . /etc/bashrc
  fi

  # User specific aliases and functions

  if [ -f ~/.profile ]; then
          . ~/.profile   # I came from a ksh world, and this "just works"
  fi


in .profile (or .bash_profile if you prefer) I have:

  ENV=$HOME/.profile
  SHELL=/bin/bash
 
And a whole bunch of other variables like PATH, MANPATH, INFOPATH,
etc., all of which at some point get exported as well.

HTH,

-- 
Seeya,
Paul