21 Dec
2008
21 Dec
'08
10:45 p.m.
On 21/12/2008 21:01:57, Chris G wrote:
Even if I log in to the newly created user and try and execute the files I get a really odd error message:-
$ . .profile .: 13: .profile: not found $
The file .profile does exist:-
I think the reason this is happening is because . (current directory) is not in your command search path and the . shell command looks for the file to be sourced on that search path. If you did . ~/.profile it should work. Regards, Steve.