On Feb 13, 2006, at 0:39, James Edward Gray II wrote:


> On Feb 12, 2006, at 6:23 PM, ssmoot / gmail.com wrote:
>
>
>> I'm not sure how I got into this situation being a Mac newbie, but I
>> think it started after running one of the various "fix ruby on OS X"
>> scripts.
>>
>> The problem is, everytime I click on my Terminal shortcut on the  
>> dock,
>> it jumps directly into irb. I have to type "exit" to go back to the
>> bash shell.
>>
>> Anyone know how I might fix this?
>>
>
> Check for something goofy in the file ~/.profile.
>

Check Terminal's preferences as well, it can be set to run particular  
commands on startup.

Another thought is: is your dock shortcut to the actual Terminal  
application, or to a Terminal file?

matthew smillie.