At 9:39 AM -0500 6/1/06, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: >Tom Spec wrote: >> I have setup many aliases in my .bash_profile script on Fedora Core 5. >> For example: >> >> alias ltr="ls -latr" >> >> When I ssh to the box, all my aliases work fine, but when I log into >> gnome locally on the box then start a terminal (gnome-terminal), I don't >> get any aliases. >> >> Is there a way I can get those aliases to work in gnome also? >> >> Tom >> >As others have stated, you can move then aliases to ~/.bashrc or you >can change gnome-terminal to come up as a login shell, and it will >process .bash_profile. This option is under "Title and Command" and >is called "Run command as login shell". If you want an explanation >of when .bashrc and .bash_profile are used, you can read the Bash >man page. The differences between a login shell and a sub-shell are >worth knowing about. What I would like to understand is, what issues there are with being a "login shell", since it isn't the default? I've been find so far with my gnome-terminals not being login shells; I see that the virtual consoles are login shells, and it seems to be OK to be logged in more than once. ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>
