Annoying bash problem

[Artimus]

My .bash_profile doesn't seem to be gertting executed. I've been through the discussion forums, but nothing has worked for me yet... here's what it looks like...

# .bash_profile
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin

if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then . ~/.bashrc; fi

export PATH
unset USERNAME

I've run a shell script I found in another thread to convince myself that it is an interactive login shell. My .bashrc file *does* get executed... I have aliased commands that are recognized without any problem, but I can't update my $PATH in .bash_profile. I'm stumped... this was always a piece of cake in the RedHat, but I'm at a loss here... any help would be appreciated. TIA

[pjp]

[Artimus]

Thanks for the reply
I essentially tried doing that, putting all the $PATH stuff in .bashrc, but 'export' seemed to get ignored

...as happens so often, I have it working, but I have no idea why it didn't work in the first place. I simply copied the files from /etc/skel into my home directory, added my aliases and PATH stuff, and everything works beautifully

So far so good... I'm a gentoo newbie, and installation has thus far been pretty straightforward (although quite a bit of work) thanks in large part to the extensive documentation and discussion forums. One problem I'm still bumping into is the java plugin and Mozilla. I have the Blackdown jre installed... it seems from reading the forums that blackdown and mozilla don't play well together, but blackdown's jre works very well in konqueror... I haven't spent too much time on this, so I might figure it out yet...

Again, thanks...