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From: mh AT mike DOT franken DOT de (Michael Hirmke)
Subject: Re: startup help with bash
15 May 1998 14:41:25 -0700 :
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References: <EC637479D591D1119CF708002BB9F8FD65C236 AT otdx03 DOT orgtek DOT com>
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To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

Hi Monjar,,

>I use bash on DEC Unix and Linux and am just starting with it on NT.  A
>Couple of easy questions that I can't find docs for:
>
>1.  what determines where my home dir is?

The env var HOME.

>2. does win32 bash use the same startup files (.bash_profile, etc) in the
>same manner as its unix brethren?

Jepp, it does.

>3. if the answer to #2 is Yes then how do I make it read them.  Maybe a flag
>on the bash invocation in the bat file?

Nope, you just have let bash find them by setting HOME as appropriate.

>
>
>Daniel Monjar / mailto:dmonjar AT orgtek DOT com

Bye.
Michael.
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