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Subject: Re: 1.5.18: .bash_profile not being invoked
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Farhad Tahmasebi wrote:
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: Larry Hall (Cygwin)
>> To: Farhad Tahmasebi
>> Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 7:43 PM
>> Subject: Re: 1.5.18: .bash_profile not being invoked
>> 
>> 
>> Well your '/etc/passwd' doesn't agree with the directory you set your
>> HOME environment variable to.  If running "bash -l" works, that means
>> that either you aren't running "cygwin.bat" or it's equivalent to start
>> the bash shell that you're having problems with or that you're setting
>> HOME in a bash script that you're sourcing along the way.  Either set
>> HOME in your Windows environment, change '/etc/passwd' to point to your
>> preferred home directory (via editing or 'mkpasswd'), or use "cygwin.bat"
>> or comparable way to start your initial bash shell.
>> 
>> Bravo. Editing /etc/passwd worked.
>> 
>> I'm wondering why 1.5.17 works on my other pc. The etc/passwd files were 
>> identical before I edited the one on the 1.5.18 machine.
>> 
>> Also, I'm definitely running cygwin.bat.


I can't answer why it works on your other machine.  My speculation is that
you must be setting your HOME variable in your Windows environment or
cygwin.bat.


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