Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Reply-To: From: "Bill McCormick" To: Subject: RE: users and startup scripts (FAQ alert) Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 14:51:03 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 > -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf > Of Igor Pechtchanski > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 2:25 PM > To: Bill McCormick > Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: users and startup scripts (FAQ alert) > > > On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Bill McCormick wrote: > > > My /etc/.bash_profile doesn't seem to get executed. According to > > > http://www.gnu.org/manual/bash-2.05a/html_chapter/bashref_6.html#SEC63 it > > wouldn't, which is contrary to other posts I've seen and Cygwin docs. So > > consequently, my bash.bashrc and ~/.bashrc do not get executed. > > > > /etc/profile does execute but where exactly is it called from? > Is it called > > from the executable? > > According to the "Bash Startup Files" section of the bash info page, bash > looks for either [/etc/profile, ~/.bash_profile|~/.bash_login|~/.profile] > when it's a login shell, and a [~/.bashrc] if it's a non-login shell. > Also from there: > > So, typically, your `~/.bash_profile' contains the line > `if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then . ~/.bashrc; fi' > after (or before) any login-specific initializations. > > Hope this helps. Yes, thanks. I cp'd my edited version of /etc/.bash_profile to ~/.bash_profile and all is well. Bill --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.491 / Virus Database: 290 - Release Date: 6/18/2003 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/