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well im more used to red hat/fedora than slackware, and i know in the ~/.bashrc file is where you usually edit aliases etc. and i was trying 2 do that ...
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  1. 09-09-2005 #1
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    well im more used to red hat/fedora than slackware, and i know in the ~/.bashrc file is where you usually edit aliases etc. and i was trying 2 do that on slackware but when i ran vi ~/.bashrc it wasnt a file so i was wonder what file i need 2 edit these things
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    Maybe the Post-Install Configuration section on this page will help.

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    If .bashrc doesn't exist, create it and it will be used like expected.
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    Re: bashrc

    Quote Originally Posted by iamsam
    well im more used to red hat/fedora than slackware, and i know in the ~/.bashrc file is where you usually edit aliases etc. and i was trying 2 do that on slackware but when i ran vi ~/.bashrc it wasnt a file so i was wonder what file i need 2 edit these things
    Just type touch .bashrc in ur home directory and then do ur staff. An other possibility is to use /etc/profile
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  5. 09-11-2005 #5
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    > .bash_profile


    you could use /etc/profile.d/ and put a script there, but dont edit the profile directly.
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