Jeffery Mewtamer writes: > Okay, created a single line .bash_profile with the source ~/.bashrc > line and it works. Then, since both files are, for me at least, single > liners, I tried .bash_profile with just the export PS1='\$' and no > .bashrc and got the same result. For such minimalist configs, is there > any reason to prefer a separate .bashrc? > Probably not in this case. The various versions of .profile, e.g. .bash_profile, are only used when for shells that are login shells--except graphical logins don't source profile. Your .bashrc is read by scripts, and such. This is my current understanding of how this all fits together. Hope it's helpful. Janina > And now that I don't have to manually type PS1=$ everytime I switch to > a fresh terminal, is there any way I could add a short indicator of > the active terminal before the $? Something along the lines of tty2$ > when I'm using tty2 and tty3$ when I'm using tty3. > > -- > Sincerely, > > Jeffery Wright > President Emeritus, Nu Nu Chapter, Phi Theta Kappa. > Former Secretary, Student Government Association, College of the Albemarle. > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 sip:janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Email: janina@xxxxxxxxxxx Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list