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# 15  
Old 10-24-2008
Yep,
just tried this on an old Solaris machine and it works Smilie

Create an empty .bash_profile.
The existence of this file will prevent the exec'd bash from trying to
read ~/.profile, and re-executing itself over and over again.

Code:
touch "$HOME"/.bash_profile

2. Execute the following command:

Code:
printf "%s\n" '[ -x /usr/bin/bash -a "$PS1" ]&&exec  /usr/bin/bash --login'>>"$HOME"/.profile

Leave your current session open, start a new one (.profile is read only on logon, so if you open a new session from the same terminal, that won't work).
Last edited by radoulov; 10-24-2008 at 06:20 PM.. Reason: -l to --login
# 16  
Old 10-24-2008
Cool...
but b4 executing this, I want to make sure that we are getting step 2 right..
Are you trying to throw the o/p of step 2 to .profile or .bash_profile?..

I dont want to touch the existing profile...right?...

-Anduzzi
# 17  
Old 10-24-2008
You should modify the existing profile (note the >> append redirection).
I cannot get my old ksh88 to read .kshrc ...
That's why I added the test for interactive shell $PS1, to simulate the rc behavior.

You should:

1. Create an empty(for nowSmilie) .bash_profile.
2. Modify your existing .profile (make a backup copy first).
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