try "./bash_profile" you have to have the Dot and the Slash for a script file, at least in the bash shell. --Dan -----Original Message----- From: snafuu-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:snafuu-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Phrostie Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 11:13 AM To: snafuu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; ale@xxxxxxx Subject: [snafuu] Re: [ale] resetting bash tried that, i get: [phrostie@atlanta phrostie]$ ..bash_profile bash: ..bash_profile: command not found [phrostie@atlanta phrostie]$ On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, you wrote: > . .bash_profile > ^^ > ^ Don't miss this dot. > > The main caveat is that you might end up with a particularly lengthy (and > redundant) $PATH, but this works OK for most things. > > On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Phrostie wrote: > > > I should know this but it's been a while. :-( > > > > how do you force changes to your .bash_profile to take effect without logging > > out and logging back in. > > > > -- > > pfrostie@xxxxxxxxx > > Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of Dos > > and danced the skies on Linux silvered wings. > > http://freelists.dhs.org/lists/snafuu.html > > http://pfrostie.freeservers.com/cad-tastrafy > > -- > > To unsubscribe: mail majordomo@xxxxxxx with "unsubscribe ale" in message body. > > > > -- > glasher@xxxxxxxxxxxx > After 163 days, Verizon still couln't deliver Telocity DSL. > > -- > To unsubscribe: mail majordomo@xxxxxxx with "unsubscribe ale" in message body. -- pfrostie@xxxxxxxxx Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of Dos and danced the skies on Linux silvered wings. http://freelists.dhs.org/lists/snafuu.html http://pfrostie.freeservers.com/cad-tastrafy