How to run .profile, etc

[Joe Riel]

On Thu, 21 May 2020 22:12:02 +0100
Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:

> On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 01:04:34PM -0700, Joe Riel wrote:
> > On Thu, 21 May 2020 21:08:24 +0200
> > Kai-Martin Knaak <kmk at familieknaak.de> wrote:
> >   
> > > Joe Riel <joer at san.rr.com> schrieb am 21. May 2020:
> > >   
> > > > When xfce4 starts (I use a graphical login), 
> > > > how does one get it to run $HOME/.profile or something equivalent?    
> > > 
> > > You can add the profile script to the list of application that are
> > > run when the session starts:
> > > 	Settings → Session_and_Startup → Application_Autostart → +Add
> > > 
> > > ---<)kaimartin(>---  
> > 
> > Thanks, that's what I was looking for.
> >   
> It's unnecessary, .profile is run anyway.  See my previous comment, if
> you think it *isn't* being run then there's something wrong somewhere.
> 

$HOME/.profile isn't being run.  
I also have a .bash_profile, which might prevent .profile
from being run, however, .bash_profile also is not being
executed.


-- 
Joe Riel