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From:	Robert Pendell <shinji+cygwin AT elite-systems DOT org>
Date:	Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:36:38 -0500
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Subject:	Re: startxwin started bash does not read .bashrc or .bash_profile
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On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 10:20 PM, Kevin Layer <> wrote:
> Arthur Tu wrote:
>
>>> On 2/27/2013 8:08 AM, Kevin Layer wrote:
>>> > If I put this into .startxwinrc:
>>> >
>>> >    mintty /usr/bin/bash.exe --login -i
>>> >
>>> > the resulting shell does not read .bash_profile.  If I put
>>> >
>>> >    mintty /usr/bin/bash.exe -i
>>> >
>>> > it doesn't read .bashrc.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > I've been beating my head against this wall for hours, over a few
>>> > days.  I've googled my ass off, but I can't find anyone that's having
>>> > the same problem.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > My ultimate goal is to use ssh-agent/ssh-add to make life easier, but
>>> > it requires my .bashrc to be sourced (.bash_profile merely sources
>>> > .bashrc).
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Thanks.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> ## .bash_profile
>>> if [ -f "${HOME}/.bashrc" ] ; then
>>>   source "${HOME}/.bashrc"
>>> fi
>>>
>>> What do you mean? Isn't this enough?
>
> It is not.  As I said, without --login, when .bashrc would be loaded
> directly... it is *not*.
>
> This should be pretty easy for someone to test.  Does it work for
> anyone else, as I've described?
>
> I'm up to date on my installation as of today.
>

.bashrc and .bash_profile serve 2 different purposes.

.bash_profile is meant for login sessions (like ssh or a local terminal)
.bashrc is meant for non-login sessions (like scp)

Commonly .bash_profile does source in .bashrc so that it gets executed too.

BTW, You don't need to do --login and -i.  --login will assume -i anyways.

Dummy run on my linux box (I'll check cygwin later when I get a
chance) but this is for behavior check.

shinji AT icarus:~$ bash --login
shinji AT icarus:~$ echo $BASHRC
Y
shinji AT icarus:~$ echo $BASH_PRO
Y
shinji AT icarus:~$ exit
logout
shinji AT icarus:~$ bash -i
shinji AT icarus:~$ echo $BASHRC
Y
shinji AT icarus:~$ echo $BASH_PRO

Note I placed an export statement in .bash_profile and .bashrc to mark
if they got executed. Note that on the login shell both did get
executed and on the non-login one (forced interactive) only .bashrc
was run.  .bashrc is sourced thanks to /etc/profile on my linux
system.

References:
http://www.joshstaiger.org/archives/2005/07/bash_profile_vs.html
http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html#Invoking-Bash
Bash man page

Robert Pendell
A perfect world is one of chaos.

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