Mail Archives: cygwin/2004/03/25/15:32:29
Igor,
Thanks. This resolved the problem. I was forgetting the space between
the dots of . .bashrc.
I was starting cygwin using a shortcut.
Thanks.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Igor Pechtchanski
> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 3:13 PM
> To: Chaikin, Yaakov Y (US SSA)
> Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: RE: alias: not found
>
> Yaakov,
>
> Please don't feed the spam harvesters by quoting raw e-mail addresses
in
> your replies. More below.
>
> On Thu, 25 Mar 2004, Chaikin, Yaakov Y (US SSA) wrote:
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:pechtcha<at>cs<dot>nyu<dot>edu]
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 3:00 PM
> > > To: Chaikin, Yaakov Y (US SSA)
> > > Cc: cygwin<at>cygwin<dot>com
> > > Subject: Re: alias: not found
> > >
> > > On Thu, 25 Mar 2004, Chaikin, Yaakov Y (US SSA) wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I am using WinXP Pro. Created .profile file with the following
line:
> > > > .bashrc
> > >
> > > It should be ". .bashrc", actually...
> >
> > I tried that. When I start up cygwin it gives me this error:
> > Bash: ..bashrc: command not found
>
> Note the space between the dots... In a file destined for bash only,
you
> can use the "source" builtin instead of the "." command, i.e., use
"source
> .bashrc".
>
> > > > Then, I created .bashrc file with the following line:
> > > > alias cl clear
> > > >
> > > > Restarted cygwin and got the following error message:
> > > > alias: not found
> > >
> > > Which shell are you running? Sounds like "sh".
> >
> > I was under the impression that I am using "bash" shell. I am not
> > familiar with this.
>
> How are you invoking the shell? Via rxvt? Or via a Cygwin shortcut?
If
> the former, rxvt will execute "sh" by default. If the latter, what is
the
> contents of your /cygwin.bat?
>
> > > It's usually not a good idea to put bash-specific commands in
> > > .profile, as sh also uses it. You can use .bash_profile for bash
> > > instead.
> >
> > I am not sure I am following this. Could you spell it out for me?
What
> > do I put into what file?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Yaakov.
>
> Bash, when invoked as a login shell, will execute ~/.bash_profile, if
> present, instead of ~/.profile. I usually symlink ~/.bash_profile to
> ~/.bashrc... Alternatively, make ~/.bash_profile a one-line script
with
> ". .bashrc" or "source .bashrc".
>
> OTOH, ~/.profile is used by both bash and sh, so you should only put
> sh-compatible commands into it.
> Igor
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