From: weiku AT solid DOT ssd DOT ornl DOT gov (Ku Wei) Subject: Re: Where to put .bash (and .ksh)? 28 May 1997 19:20:23 -0700 Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Original-To: Allan Peda Original-cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com In-Reply-To: <338D4E22.4DA3@interport.net> Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com about .bash: 1. HOME must be defined before bash run. ex: put the following line in the batch file you use to initial the cygwin32: HOME=C:\WINNT\PROFILES\ADMINISTRATOR 2. It make life easier ( to me) to redefine HOME in .bash like the following: export HOME=//C/WINNT/PROFILES/ADMINISTRATOR Hope this will help. Sincerely, Wei Ku *************************************** Department of Physics and Astronomy The University of Tennessee 1408 Circle Drive Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1200 weiku AT utkux DOT utcc DOT utk DOT edu --------------------------------------- Solid State Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory P.O.Box 2008 Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6032 Phone: (423) 574-5795 Fax: (423) 574-4143 weiku AT solid DOT ssd DOT ornl DOT gov *************************************** On Thu, 29 May 1997, Allan Peda wrote: > I defined the variable $HOME as : > > bash$ echo $home > > bash$ echo $HOME > C:\WINNT\PROFILES\ADMINISTRATOR > bash$ > > and I put .emacs there. Why won't It be read? > > Thanks > Allan > - > For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to > "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". > - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".