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From: "Bill McCormick" <wpmccormick AT covad DOT net>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: users and startup scripts (FAQ alert)
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 14:51:03 -0500
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com]On Behalf
> Of Igor Pechtchanski
> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 2:25 PM
> To: Bill McCormick
> Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: Re: users and startup scripts (FAQ alert)
>
>
> On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Bill McCormick wrote:
>
> > My /etc/.bash_profile doesn't seem to get executed. According to
> >
> http://www.gnu.org/manual/bash-2.05a/html_chapter/bashref_6.html#SEC63 it
> > wouldn't, which is contrary to other posts I've seen and Cygwin docs. So
> > consequently, my bash.bashrc and ~/.bashrc do not get executed.
> >
> > /etc/profile does execute but where exactly is it called from?
> Is it called
> > from the executable?
>
> According to the "Bash Startup Files" section of the bash info page, bash
> looks for either [/etc/profile, ~/.bash_profile|~/.bash_login|~/.profile]
> when it's a login shell, and a [~/.bashrc] if it's a non-login shell.
> Also from there:
>
>    So, typically, your `~/.bash_profile' contains the line
>      `if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then . ~/.bashrc; fi'
>    after (or before) any login-specific initializations.
>
> Hope this helps.

Yes, thanks.

I cp'd my edited version of /etc/.bash_profile to ~/.bash_profile and all is
well.

Bill

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