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Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 10:39:10 -0800 (PST)
From: Arto Stimms <artost AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: bash does not retain env when running script
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I am running cygwin on a Windows 2000 machine.

I would like to run a bash script with a few changes in the environment. I would expect this to work:

    bash --rcfile init.sh script

But it does not seem that bash retain any of the changes I have made in init.sh?

As a small example I have tried using these two minimal files

init.sh:
    hello () { echo "hello world"; }
    alias listdir=ls

script:
    hello
    listdir

I get the following output:

    $ bash --rcfile init.sh script
    script: line 1: hello: command not found
    script: line 2: listdir: command not found

    $ bash --rcfile init.sh

    $ hello
    hello world

    $ listdir
    init.sh  script

    $ ./script
    ./script: line 1: hello: command not found
    ./script: line 2: listdir: command not found

What can I do to make my changes work in the script?

Best Regards,
  Arto Stimms





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