X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KHOP_THREADED,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,TW_TX X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org From: Kevin Layer To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: startxwin started bash does not read .bashrc or .bash_profile In-reply-to: References: <15470.1361923720@relay.known.net> <512E489F.8060700@dronecode.org.uk> <6514.1361987973@freon.franz.com> <1977176204.20130227233752@mtu-net.ru> <13227.1361996106@freon.franz.com> Comments: In-reply-to Earnie Boyd message dated "Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:17:42 -0500." Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:16:42 -0800 Message-ID: <28423.1362003402@relay.known.net> X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 Earnie Boyd wrote: >> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Kevin Layer wrote: >> > That was one of the experiments I did, and I saw no evidence that any >> > commands were executed. I even passed it as the argument to the >> > invocation. >> > >> > As for the assumption, I understand that an error could have >> > short-circuited the processing of my init file, but in the bash's that >> > haven't read it, >> > >> > . .bashrc >> > >> > produces no errors *and* has my aliases and new prompt. >> >> $HOME/.bashrc isn't always read. It depends on how bash is executed. >> If this is a --login you need $HOME/.bash_profile that sources >> $HOME/.bashrc. Did you read the original report and all the replies in the chain? ...it requires my .bashrc to be sourced (.bash_profile merely sources .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