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