X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org From: "Dave Korn" To: References: <5p5kll$hon05@rrcs-agw-02.hrndva.rr.com> Subject: RE: environment setup for bash and tcsh Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 23:39:37 +0100 Message-ID: <088001c7980b$15aefc00$2e08a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <5p5kll$hon05@rrcs-agw-02.hrndva.rr.com> Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 On 16 May 2007 22:55, Karl Kobata wrote: > I thought I understood how the environment is setup but I guess I don't > really. > Can anyone tell me the order and file names that are executed to get the > environment setup for a bash shell and tcsh shell? > Bash: > /etc/profile -> /etc/bashrc -> ~/.bash_profile -> ~/.bash_login -> > ~/.profile What Brian said. Also, ... > Tcsh: > /etc/csh.cshrc -> /etc/csh.login -> ~/.tcshrc -> ~/.history -> ~/.login > > What is executed prior to these files for setting up the environment? > I added an echo statement for PATH as a first line in /etc/csh.cshrc. this > variable was already defined with paths. Where does this get initialized? During process startup, it is converted from the windows PATH setting during the cygwin1 dll initialisation. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- 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/