newbie question: .profile

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Jan 27, 2008, at 17:57, <kakuda at engineering.ucsb.edu>  
<kakuda at engineering.ucsb.edu> wrote:

> Yes, the file you found in /private/etc is the default and there is no
> profile listed in your home directory.  I found it best to copy the  
> default
> into my home directory and then alter it accordingly (ie. call  
> it .bashrc
> or .bash_profile).  The profile in the home directory will append  
> the one
> in /private/etc (I believe).

That seems to be correct. /etc/profile is run first, then ~/.bashrc  
or ~/.bash_profile if it exists (I'm not sure in what order of  
preference).

> To properly locate macports add the following line to your profile:
> export PATH="$PATH:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin"

We recommend you place /opt/local/bin and /opt/local/sbin before, not  
after, your existing path.

http://guide.macports.org/#installing.shell