X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4A48571D.1020902@tlinx.org> Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:54:37 -0700 From: Linda Walsh User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (Windows/20090605) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: .bashrc References: In-Reply-To: X-Stationery: 0.4.9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Dave Tang wrote: > Hello, > > I have cygwin installed on Windows XP and for some reason my .bashrc > file isn't loaded on startup. I read the FAQ "Why doesn't bash read my > .bashrc file on startup?" but my HOME environment variable is set up > i.e. when I echo $HOME it is correct. I actually copied my .bashrc to > the root directory and it still doesn't load. > > Could someone explain how I can set up my .bashrc? ---- Are you sure you have your /etc/passwd entry setup correctly? I.e. when you type 'whoami' at the bash prompt, it gives your username -- and you have an entry in /etc/passwd setup that lists your home directory? In that dir you have .bashrc? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple