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Date:	Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:41:34 +0100
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Subject:	Re: RXVT Problem
From:	Andy Koppe <andy DOT koppe AT gmail DOT com>
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> I'm using Win2000-SP4, and I've created a shortcut in the quick launch bar
> to start an RXVT terminal with this parameters:
>
> Target: C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -e bash --login
> Start in: C:\cygwin\bin
>
> The problem is when I click this shortcut, the terminal opens and closes
> immediately

The likely cause for this is that the PATH isn't set at the time rxvt
invokes bash, because that's only done by the startup scripts that
bash invokes. Add the full path to bash to your shortcut:

Target: C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -e /bin/bash --login

Andy

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