[ale] how to get bash to run .bash_profile?

[da Black Baron]

You want to write a .bashrc file and a .profile file.  Bash will ingore
something named .bash_profile... :-)

On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 20:55, Christopher Bergeron wrote:
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> Hey guys, how do I get bash to run .bash_profile?  I'm looking at my 
> startup, and I'm trying to figure out why when I set my inittab to 
> load:  /bin/bash instead of a "getty".  When it spawn's by bash session, 
> it doesn't load my .bash_profile.  Is there a way I can load a bash 
> shell and have it subsequently execute my .bash_profile?
> 
> Alternatively, is there a way to get a getty to log in automatically (on 
> slackware!).  For some reason, I can't get slackware to use the 
> mingetty+autologin patch/binary.  I was able to get it to work on RhAT, 
> but not on Slack8.
> 
> Preferably, I'd like to skip "getty" altogether...
> 
> 
> Thanks!
> - -CB
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