X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Modus-BlackList: 128.183.46.116=OK;Farhad.Tahmasebi@nasa.gov=OK X-Modus-Trusted: 128.183.46.116=NO Message-ID: <001301c6064f$f15dd7c0$742eb780@gsfc.nasa.gov> Reply-To: "Farhad Tahmasebi" From: "Farhad Tahmasebi" To: References: <00a001c605a3$9c8f8f60$742eb780@gsfc.nasa.gov> <43A87242.60800@cygwin.com> <011401c605b1$6892a8b0$742eb780@gsfc.nasa.gov> <43A888D9.5000707@cygwin.com> <015101c605bb$33035f00$742eb780@gsfc.nasa.gov> <43A8A522.3050209@cygwin.com> Subject: Re: 1.5.18: .bash_profile not being invoked Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 11:59:44 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 ----- Original Message ----- From: Larry Hall (Cygwin) To: Farhad Tahmasebi Cc: cygwin@cygwin.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 -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- 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/