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From:	"Hannu E K Nevalainen \(garbage mail\)" <garbage_collector AT telia DOT com>
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Subject:	RE: Bash 2.05 not reading my ~/.bashrc
Date:	Fri, 13 Jun 2003 22:48:54 +0200
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> From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com]On Behalf
> Of Schulze, Dean

> Just installed the latest Cygwin release and the bash shell
> (2.05b.0(9)-release) does not read my $HOME/.bashrc file.
> 
> The HOME env. variable was not set when I installed Cygwin so I set it
> later.  Maybe the installation uses the value of $HOME when the 
> installation
> was done (just a guess).  I also changed the 'mount c: /cygdrive' 
> to 'mount
> c: /c' and then set it back.  Still doesn't work.
> 
> Any ideas on what I need to do to get bash to read my ~/.bashrc?

Documentation:
 $ info bash

Guess:
 Does your cygwin.bat start bash as a 'login shell'?

e.g:
 bash -login -i 
# executes ~/.profile 

/Hannu E K Nevalainen, 59~14'N, 17~12'E
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