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Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 12:55:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dave <d_inabox AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: Re: /etc/profile always does a "cd $HOME"
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
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>>> i'd like to use cygwin from a normal windows-app. The problem is, that i
>>> need a login-shell, so that all environment-vars are properly set. The
>>> problem: bash -li always changes the current workdir!

>The point was "a flly functional" environment, and just adding /bin to
>the PATH is only half the things, i'd need to do.

If you have a recent* /etc/profile from base-files, pretend you're chere. From a
batch file:

set CHERE_INVOKING=y
bash -li <somecommand>
set CHERE_INVOKING=

From a sh script:

CHERE_INVOKING=y && bash -li <somecommand>


Dave.
[chere maintainer]

* Well, less than 6 months old.


		
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