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Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 16:20:26 -0700
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From: felixmendelssohnn AT mail DOT earthlink DOT net
Subject: Re: New user question(s)
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At 10:15 AM 10/1/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi List,
>
>I'm new to cygwin, running xfree86 version.  I've attempted to look at the
>faq and the
>list archive and didn't see these questions.  I think they're a result of
>some mis-
>understanding I have of UNIX.
>
>When I launch my cygwin window from the icon my .bashrc isn't run.  Will
>someone please tell me why not?
>
>Also after I 'source' the .bashrc the system still behaves as though my path
>updates
>never occurred.  I must be missing something here also.
>
>Help will be greatly appreciated!

man bash


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