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From: Thorsten Kampe <thorsten AT thorstenkampe DOT de>
Subject:  Re: weird problem with cygwin prompt:
Date:  Tue, 14 Jun 2005 16:05:42 +0100
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* wen (2005-06-14 14:55 +0100)
> it shows bash-2.05b$ when i double click on cygwin.
> in general, it should show something like this
> Administrator AT hdcad-002
> 
> in the 1st case, i cannot use ls.exe command while it lies under the folder
> C:\cygwin\bin

The sense of this sentence is rather mysterious.
 
> how to make the cygwin work properly?

It's not a "Cygwin prompt", it's a bash prompt. Make sure /etc/profile
is sourced or create your own ~/.bashrc.

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