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From: "Chris January" <chris AT atomice DOT net>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: v1.3.10 - must run bash twice to read .bashrc
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 17:19:30 +0100
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Brust" <brust AT tbri DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 4:50 PM
Subject: v1.3.10 - must run bash twice to read .bashrc


> I have looked all through the list archives and on google groups, but this
> problem does not seem to be listed.
>
> I am running Windows 2000, logging in to an NT domain (not sure if any of
> this matters).  When I run the Cygwin shortcut, it logs in OK, but does
not
> run the .bashrc (I have a few aliases, that's how I can tell).  I need to
> run "bash" again to get it to load .bashrc.
This is the documented behaviour of bash when launched with --login (as it
is in cygwin.bat).

See the INVOCATION section in the bash manpage for further details.

Regards
Chris



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