From: fjh AT cs DOT mu DOT OZ DOT AU (Fergus Henderson)
Subject: Re: Login-related questions
16 Jan 1998 17:53:15 -0800
Message-ID: <19980115115730.04080.cygnus.gnu-win32@mundook.cs.mu.OZ.AU>
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To: "Smith, Martin" <martin AT buntypost DOT dundee DOT ncr DOT com>
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On 13-Jan-1998, Smith, Martin <martin AT buntypost DOT dundee DOT ncr DOT com> wrote:
> When opening a (non-login) Bash shell, my .bashrc is read okay (after I   
> set HOME=/usr/home/martin in my environment via the NT control panel).   
> However, when I use a login shell, it seems not to read .bashrc (I no   
> longer have my colourized 'ls' for example). Why might this be?

For login shells, bash reads ~/.bash_profile rather than ~/.bashrc.
Try adding `source ~/.bashrc' to your ~/.bash_profile file.

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