Problem setting up Bash user account - UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

sumanroyc · #1 (**permalink**) 10-27-2006

Hi,

We have a unix user account with login shell as ksh. Now we want to migrate our jobs to a new user account having bash as its login shell.

For the old account we had a .env file which set up a lot of aliases and did a few other useful things. It seems this file was executed the on logging into the account.

However though i have copied the .env to the home directory of the new bash account this file is not executed automatically any more.
Is this something to do with the difference between bash and ksh ?

Corona688 · #2 (**permalink**) 10-27-2006

bash executes ~/.bashrc on login, not ~/.env. Bash and ksh also have quite different syntax from each other. Depending on it's contents, that .env file may need editing to work in bash.

BOFH · #3 (**permalink**) 10-27-2006

Actually it depends on which Linux and which bash. I've been finding newer bash's are loading .profile and not .bashrc. You can leave .env on the account and just add:

Code:

if [ -f ~/.env ]
then
  . ~/.env
fi

If it's an older bash, put it in your ~/.bashrc. If it's newer, put it in your ~/.profile.

Carl

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