[Linux-disciples] trouble with .bashrc

[Jamie Forrest]

On Nov 7, 2004, at 9:11 AM, Adam Rosi-Kessel wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 07, 2004 at 09:09:28AM -0500, James Forrest wrote:
>> But it still doesn't prompt me.  Any other leads?
>
> Just to make sure we're barking up the right tree, if you run
>
> alias cp='\cp -i'
> alias mv='\mv -i'
>
> from the command line and then run 'cp' and 'mv', do you get the
> interactive prompts?

aha!  good thought.  NO.  these don't work from the command line.

> Also if you put an 'echo' statement in your .bashrc, do you see the
> output from that?  (make sure .bashrc is running at all).

good thought #2.  that IS working.

jamie