X-Spam-Flag: YES X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <43EA2BE2.5000809@equate.dyndns.org> Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 17:35:30 +0000 From: Chris Taylor Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Debian Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051017) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bubba Jones CC: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: "rxvt -e bash" From Batch File References: <20060208170646.17794.qmail@synacor.com> In-Reply-To: <20060208170646.17794.qmail@synacor.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 Note-from-DJ: This may be spam Bubba Jones wrote: > When I envoke "rxvt -e bash" from a command line > I get rxvt with bash and bash sourced my .bashrc > file. However, when I put "rxvt -e bash" in a > batch file, launch the batch file, I get rxvt > with bash, but my .bashrc file is not sourced... > > Does anyone know why my batch file doesn't source > .bashrc and/or how I can get the batch file to > source? I'm guessing I'm starting a login > bash session, but I'm not certain... > Try using rxvt -e /bin/bash --login -i You can specify all manner of things there as well.. EG: black bg and green text: -fg Green -bg Black HTH Chris -- Spinning complacently in the darkness, covered and blinded by a blanket of little lives, false security has lulled the madness of this world into a slumber. Wake up! An eye is upon you, staring straight down and keenly through, seeing all that you are and everything that you will never be. Yes, an eye is upon you, an eye ready to blink. So face forward, with arms wide open and mind reeling. Your future has arrived... Are you ready to go? -- 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/