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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 14:50:36 -0400
From: Ronald Landheer-Cieslak <ronald AT landheer DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: .bashrc is ignored
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Hoss wrote:
> I'm a newbie to cygwin and I'm trying to setup .bashrc to start when I la=
unch
> a cygwin terminal (using rxvt in fact).  my .bashrc is ignored which I th=
ink
> is because the %HOME% environment variable is not set *before* I run
> bash/rxvt.
> When I do set it, it simply causes bash to create new directories.  Basic=
ally
> I'm not sure whether %HOME% (a windows environment variable) should be se=
t in
> Windows or POSIX format, and how to quote the string or escape spaces in
> either case - I'm trying to make sure my home directory is the same as my
> windows profile directory (done this) and that bash recognises this as the
> location to find .bashrc.
Hello Hoss,

Could you please provide a bit more information, such as:
* the contents of your cygwin.bat file (or rather: how you invoke rxvt and =
make
  it invoke Bash
* the result of typing ``echo $HOME'' (without the quotes) on the Bash comm=
and-
  line.
* the output of cygcheck as described at http://cygwin.com/problems.html=20
  (attached, not in-line)

I.e., there's not enough information in your mail to know how to help you: =
it=20
could be that your HOME variable is not set correctly, though your mention =
of
the fact that your home directory actually is the directory you want it to =
be
does not support that; it could also be that you don't invoke Bash correctl=
y for
it to read your ~/.bashrc file - i.e. ~/.bashrc is only read if the shell i=
s not
a login shell (i.e. the option ``--login'' is not used) and it is interacti=
ve=20
(and the option ``--no-rc'' is not used either).

If the shell you're using is a login shell, the file Bash looks for is=20
~/.profile, which *usually* (but by no means always) sources the ~/.bashrc =
file,
but it is up to the user to make it so.

More details about how Bash behaves when it starts up and which files it re=
ads
can be found in the INVOCATION section in Bash' manpage.

rlc


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