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From:	"Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
To:	"Tianming Kong" <tmkong AT yahoo DOT com>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: bash 2.05b-8 doesnot execute .bashrc even if HOME is defined and .bashrc is under both ~/ and /
Date:	Tue, 7 Jan 2003 14:24:18 -0000
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Original Message From: "Tianming Kong" <tmkong AT yahoo DOT com>
> I'm using cygwin v1.3.18 under Windows XP
> Professional. Unfortunately bash 2.05b-8 does not
> exectute my startup script ~/.bashrc
>
> I defined environement variable HOME as "d:\" using
> windows control panel. I also copy my .bashrc file to
> cygwin / directory.

Why / ? Bash certainly doesn't look there. I suggest that you make sure that
HOME in the environment and your home dir in /etc/passwd are consistent, and
that .bashrc is located in that directory.

Max.


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