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From: "mstucky5" <mstucky5 AT cox DOT net>
To: "Lane, Frank L" <frank DOT l DOT lane AT boeing DOT com>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
References: <3B2480653E7D2C4E8AA5699598D691C4230053 AT xch-se-03 DOT se DOT nos DOT boeing DOT com>
Subject: Re: How do I get my .bashrc read at startup?
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 18:20:14 -0400
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If I remember correctly...

with older versions of cygwin the file /etc/profile
contained the following statement

   test -f ./.bashrc && . ./.bashrc

which would read .bashrc at startup.

The above statement has been removed from newer versions.

I think that the "proper" way to read .bashrc is to
create a ~/.bash_profile with something similar to
the following:

   if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then . ~/.bashrc; fi

When bash is launched with the "--login -i" options,
it looks for the .bash_profile file.

--Mark

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lane, Frank L" <frank DOT l DOT lane AT boeing DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 11:53 AM
Subject: How do I get my .bashrc read at startup?


> Thanks to Randall for the bash(ing)!:-)
> 
> How do I get my .bashrc read at startup?
> 
> <snip>
> 
> Thanks,
> Frank
> 
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