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  From: Branko Bratkovic <branko@senet.com.au>
  To  : <marjon@mindless.com>
  Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 21:56:55 +1030 (CST)

Re: .bashrc and Debian 2.2

John,

About /etc/bash.bashrc....
Consult the man page for bash.  Somewhere near the top of my copy
it describes what files are run at start-up.

About bash and sh...
In some circumstances, bash is invoked as "sh".  When this happens,
it ignores any *bashrc files.  IMHO its likely that your console
shell has been set to "sh" rather than "bash".  Examine the
$SHELL variable.  If as you say, the symptoms happen on the console, 
not xterm, then one of the places to look is in the /etc/passwd
file. It contains a field that determines what shell to use which
is applicable when you login using the console. 

Hope this helps.
-- 
Branko

>I'm having some problems with my installation of Debian 2.2; 
>
>I have a few alias set up in .bashrc under my home directory however they do
>not load on boot. If you open an xterm or that the settings are detected, but
>if I want them to work at the plain console I must manualy 'source ~/.bashrc'
>which is an inconvience to say the least.  
>
>On a similar note, in /etc/ I have a file called "bash.bashrc" which claims to
>the system-wide default .bashrc file. Is this the correct name for the file??
>It just seems to be a different naming convention to the /etc/profile file.
>
>John Kennison
>Student (University of South Australia)
>

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