.bash_profile not being read

[jim ruxton]

Hi Bob,

Yes this is what I needed. Thanks for the help.
Jim
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 05:18:38AM -0400, jim ruxton wrote:
> > Hi ,
> > I'm trying to get a program to start after booting up. I put the command
> > in .bash_profile since I want it to started by a user ( which is why I
> > didn't put it in rc.local). Anyway it doesn't appear to be starting. It
> > looks as if the .bash_profile script is not being read. Any ideas why?
> > Thanks,
> > JIm
> 
> The .bash_profile is not read until the user logs into the GUI or
> starts a login shell.  If you want to run it at boot time as some mere
> mortal user, put it in rc.local this way:
> 
>   su - someuser -c /path/to/command/to/run &
> 
> and remember that the su process will give you little or no
> environment, so use explicit paths on everything, or if the command to
> run is a script, set the path at the top of the script:
> 
>   PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:$HOME/bin
> 
> (Tune as needed.)
> 
> Cheers,