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Date: | Wed, 9 Sep 2009 13:24:05 -0400 |
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Subject: | Re: How to run bash in rxvt with both login shell and in a specific directory? |
From: | "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed AT gmail DOT com> |
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When invoked as a login shell, bash changes to your home directory, so the fact that it was started in the target directory becomes moot. I would advise adding something to your .bash_profile or .bashrc that looks for an environment variable containing a directory and cd's there if it's set. if [ -n "$STARTDIR" ]; then cd "$STARTDIR" fi Then you have to set that somehow. This is somewhat roundabout but effecti= ve: C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -cd "path" -e /usr/bin/bash -c "STARTDIR=3D\"$PWD\" exec /bin/bash --login" On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 1:09 PM, KARR, DAVID (ATTCINW) wrote: > I'd like to have a command line that will run bash inside rxvt, both as > a login shell (so I get all my paths and profile) and in a specific > directory. =C2=A0I know how to get it to a specific directory, and I know= how > to make it a login shell, but I can't figure out how to get both. > > If I use this: > > =C2=A0 =C2=A0C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -ls -cd "path" -e /usr/bin/bash -l > > I get a login shell, but at my home dir, not at the specified path. > > If I remove the last "-l", it goes to the correct directory, but it > didn't appear to load my profile (PATH isn't correct, for instance). > > -- > Problem reports: =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 http:= //cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-s= imple > > --=20 Mark J. Reed <markjreed AT gmail DOT com> -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
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