> And here is where I got bitten. > There is a difference between .bashrc and .profile. .bashrc is executed for all > shells, .profile is executed for login shells only. i wouldn't think that the prompt would matter for non-login shells. Am I mistaken? > It gets worse: .profile was the old default however the new default under > Debian at least is .bash_profile and .profile is no longer sourced if > .bash_profile exists. In summary check that bash manpage. This is only true if a person is running bash isn't it? I know that most people run bash, and we often take that for granted. But since it is possible that someone isn't running bash, I hate to leave that possibilty out. The .bash_profile was somethign I wasn't aware of. But otherwise my understanding is that .profile is normally processed regardless of the shell that is chosen (other then the previously mentioned exception). Kirk
