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From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To: Synapse Engineering <engineering@mem.net>
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Subject: Re: User profile under X 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 13 Oct 1999 13:11:05 EST."
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On Wed, 13 Oct 1999 13:11:05 EST, Synapse Engineering wrote:

> When I start an XTerm session, I have to type source .profile to get my
> environment variables set.  Can I create a file in my home dir that will
> tell X to source my profile when X is started?

If Jonathan Chen's advice doesn't sort your problem out, then you may be
running some shell like bash, which looks for its own .bashrc instead of
.profile .

If that's the case, you could create yourself the following .bashrc
file:

	if [ -f $HOME/.profile ] ; then
		. $HOME/.profile
	fi

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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