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From:	"Terry Lincoln" <lincoln2 AT rochester DOT rr DOT com>
To:	"Halim, Salman" <salman AT bluestone DOT com>, <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: .bash_profile
Date:	Wed, 22 Mar 2000 17:48:08 -0500
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- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Halim, Salman" <salman AT bluestone DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 5:25 PM
Subject: RE: .bash_profile


> i have home set correctly; it reads my .bashrc file, no problem,
> just not my .bash_profile
> 

You have to start bash as a 'login' shell to have it read
~/.bash_profile
like this:
% bash --login

> -- 
>    =========================================================
>    Salman Halim                 Email:  salman AT bluestone DOT com
>    =========================================================
>    If a  man says something  in a  forest, and there  are no
>    women around to hear him, is he still wrong?
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Wiersba [mailto:John DOT Wiersba AT medstat DOT com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 5:09 PM
> > To: 'Halim, Salman'; cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
> > Subject: RE: .bash_profile
> > 
> > 
> > Is $HOME set in your cygnus.bat?  See faq.txt ("How can I get 
> > bash to read
> > my .bashrc file on startup?")
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Halim, Salman [mailto:salman AT bluestone DOT com]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 4:58 PM
> > > To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
> > > Subject: .bash_profile
> > > 
> > > 
> > > hi,
> > > 
> > > i'm using the new bash 2.04 release and it doesn't seem to be
> > >  reading my
> > > .bash_profile file -- am i doing something wrong?  (i didn't 
> > > use the file
> > > until just a few minutes ago so the problem didn't occur 
> > > until just now!).
> > > 
> > > thank you,
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > >    =========================================================
> > >    Salman Halim                 Email:  salman AT bluestone DOT com
> > >    =========================================================
> > >    If a  man says something  in a  forest, and there  are no
> > >    women around to hear him, is he still wrong?
> > > 
> > > --
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> > > 
> > 
> 
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> 
Regards,

W. Terry Lincoln
Senior Solution Developer Ciber corporation
WTerryLincoln AT engineer DOT com lincoln2 AT rochester DOT rr DOT com


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