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Subject:	Re: 1.5.18: .bash_profile not being invoked
Date:	Wed, 21 Dec 2005 11:59:44 -0500
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: Larry Hall (Cygwin)
To: Farhad Tahmasebi
Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 7:43 PM
Subject: Re: 1.5.18: .bash_profile not being invoked


Well your '/etc/passwd' doesn't agree with the directory you set your
HOME environment variable to.  If running "bash -l" works, that means
that either you aren't running "cygwin.bat" or it's equivalent to start
the bash shell that you're having problems with or that you're setting
HOME in a bash script that you're sourcing along the way.  Either set
HOME in your Windows environment, change '/etc/passwd' to point to your
preferred home directory (via editing or 'mkpasswd'), or use "cygwin.bat"
or comparable way to start your initial bash shell.

Bravo. Editing /etc/passwd worked.

I'm wondering why 1.5.17 works on my other pc. The etc/passwd files were 
identical before I edited the one on the 1.5.18 machine.

Also, I'm definitely running cygwin.bat.

Many thanks.
Farhad

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