On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 04:04:37PM +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Isn't .bashrc normally read several times? > I've never been clear what should go in .bashrc > and what in .bash_profile. > I've always assumed the latter was read only once, > but I could easily be wrong. It might be worth taking a look at the INVOCATION section of the bash man page. -- Pete