Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Message-ID: <02a601bf94bd$eddee1c0$c92c1818@rochester.rr.com> From: "Terry Lincoln" To: "Halim, Salman" Cc: "Cygwin Mailing List" References: <512EBEF97F02D311B89900A0C9D1776009DAF2 AT thor DOT operations DOT bluestone DOT com> Subject: Re: .bash_profile Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 06:50:03 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Halim, I usually put a sequence like the following in my .bash_profile: if [ -f ~/.bashrc ] source ~/.bashrc Don't include the pseudo-tags. Hope that helps. W. Terry Lincoln Senior Solution Developer Ciber corporation [ WTerryLincoln AT engineer DOT com | lincoln2 AT rochester DOT rr DOT com ] Christian Engineering Site | Terry Lincoln Engineers Site http://www.geocities.com/terry_lincoln | http://www.angelfire.com/ny/TerryLincoln - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Halim, Salman" To: "'Terry Lincoln '" Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 8:25 PM Subject: RE: .bash_profile > aha! thank you. of course, now it doesn't read my .bashrc > *sigh* > > thanks for the tip, > > salman. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Terry Lincoln > To: Halim, Salman; cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com > Sent: 3/22/00 5:48 PM > Subject: Re: .bash_profile > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > - ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Halim, Salman" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 5:25 PM > Subject: RE: .bash_profile > > > > i have home set correctly; it reads my .bashrc file, no > > problem, just not my .bash_profile > > > > You have to start bash as a 'login' shell to have it read > ~/.bash_profile > like this: > % bash --login > > > -- > > ========================================================= > > Salman Halim Email: salman AT bluestone DOT com > > ========================================================= > > If a man says something in a forest, and there are no > > women around to hear him, is he still wrong? > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: John Wiersba [mailto:John DOT Wiersba AT medstat DOT com] > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 5:09 PM > > > To: 'Halim, Salman'; cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com > > > Subject: RE: .bash_profile > > > > > > > > > Is $HOME set in your cygnus.bat? See faq.txt ("How can I get > > > bash to read > > > my .bashrc file on startup?") > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Halim, Salman [mailto:salman AT bluestone DOT com] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 4:58 PM > > > > To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com > > > > Subject: .bash_profile > > > > > > > > > > > > hi, > > > > > > > > i'm using the new bash 2.04 release and it doesn't seem to > > > > be > > > > reading my > > > > .bash_profile file -- am i doing something wrong? (i > > > > didn't use the file > > > > until just a few minutes ago so the problem didn't occur > > > > until just now!). > > > > > > > > thank you, > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > ========================================================= > > > > Salman Halim Email: > > > > salman AT bluestone DOT com > > > > > > > > ========================================================= > > > > If a man says something in a forest, and there are > > > > no > > > > women around to hear him, is he still wrong? > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Want to unsubscribe from this list? > > > > Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Want to unsubscribe from this list? > > Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com > > > > > Regards, > > W. Terry Lincoln > Senior Solution Developer Ciber corporation > WTerryLincoln AT engineer DOT com lincoln2 AT rochester DOT rr DOT com > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.2 for non-commercial use > Comment: This message is signed with Pretty > Good Privacy Key > > iQA/AwUBONlNpGdPbBTG5+8FEQIkiQCeNij5gE+jA39LBLppqKr3Zc4Wbp0AmgL2 > +tSSUETSxpafvqz8r2aLynMg > =nNvY > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > -- > Want to unsubscribe from this list? > Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.2 for non-commercial use Comment: This message is signed with Pretty Good Privacy Key iQA/AwUBONoE52dPbBTG5+8FEQLHIwCgqWvk+BagtUWVSjk92wN31ePMoswAn169 zIdj3CA2KUlYoK/inqp3F2h7 =HWNU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com