Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 14:13:19 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: bug in /etc/profile? Message-ID: <20050319191319.GB1578@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <423C7767 DOT 1050605 AT poiema DOT org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <423C7767.1050605@poiema.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i On Sat, Mar 19, 2005 at 11:03:03AM -0800, Steven Boothe wrote: >I'm not sure if this is a bug or not, but I have managed to determine >that /etc/profile generates a rather curious environment variable: > >typing set from a command prompt: > >noone AT sector0 ~ $ set 'set' does not display environment variables. Use 'env' for that. >I am still trying to track down what is causing the other variable: >_=/home/noone/.bashrc Typing "man bash" and then /_ followed by a bunch of 'n's will enlighten you about where the '_' comes from. -- Christopher Faylor spammer? -> aaaspam AT sourceware DOT org Cygwin Co-Project Leader aaaspam AT duffek DOT com TimeSys, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/