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Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 18:24:00 -0400
From: "David A. Cobb" <superbiskit AT home DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Running tcsh in rxvt
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Jerrad Pierce wrote:

> What's the best way to do this?
> If you do rxvt -e tcsh (say from a shortcut).
> The user's dotfile is not parsed (seemingly because home etc. don't get
> correctly set from passwd), plus tab completion and history don't work.
> 
> I've got:
> 	bash --login -i -c "/bin/rxvt -e tcsh" &
> 
> But it seems like there really ought to be a way to avoid the seemingly
> unnecessary invocation of bash and having it hanging around afterwards...
> 
> Of course:
> 	rxvt -e bash --login -i #from the rxvt documentation
> doesn't work properly when invoking from outside of the cygwin environment
> either; i.e. not from an exiisting bash --login -i session.
> 
> PS> I'm not on the list yet so pleace (b)cc me any replies, Thanks!
> 


I know, I know, I've said this before!  And it's only my personal preference.  


But I've had good results with [Windows Shortcut]runs: rxvt [displayparams] -e /usr/bin/login MyUserName.


This way the initial shell is selected from /etc/passwd, and all the 
user-associations are happy.



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