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Date:	Fri, 22 Jul 2005 23:40:53 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To:	Ken Dibble <kdibble AT alltel DOT net>
cc:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: How does one set aliases for Cygwin for XP Prof Windows? - Still doesn't work!
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On Fri, 22 Jul 2005, Ken Dibble wrote:

> You .bash_profile should look like:
> ---
> # ~/.bash_profile: executed by bash for login shells.
>
> if [ -e /etc/bash.bashrc ] ; then
>  source /etc/bash.bashrc
> fi
>
> if [ -e ~/.bashrc ] ; then
>  source ~/.bashrc
> fi
> ----
> If  memory serves, this is the default .bash_profile.
>
> This would make sure that .bashrc gets executed whether your shell is a
> login or not.
>
> If this is indeed your .bash_profile, I would next check permissions on
> both files to make sure they are executable.

FYI, if the files are "source"d, they don't need to be executable.
	Igor
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