X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <1334.192.168.0.12.1177956084.squirrel@mail.morrison.mine.nu> In-Reply-To: <302254.72642.qm@web52011.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <302254 DOT 72642 DOT qm AT web52011 DOT mail DOT re2 DOT yahoo DOT com> Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:01:24 +0100 (BST) Subject: Re: setting cygwin PATH From: "John Morrison" To: "Fungazid" Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.9a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Mon, April 30, 2007 6:53 pm, Fungazid wrote: > --- John Morrison wrote: >> On Mon, April 30, 2007 6:24 pm, Fungazid wrote: >> > Hello to you the cygwin people, >> > >> > I'm working with cygwin. >> > I added a directory "/home/T-COFFEE/bin/" to PATH >> by: >> > >> > export PATH=/home/T-COFFEE/bin:`printenv PATH` >> >> $PATH is easier than the `printenv PATH` bit :) >> >> > I typed it in the cygwin command line. after that >> > 'printenv PATH' showed the new directory. But the >> new >> > directory remained only temporarily (it >> disappeared >> > after closing cygwin). >> > >> > How do I change it permanently ? (I tried to copy >> the >> > .bashrc to my HOME directory, and messed up with >> it) >> >> echo 'export PATH=/home/T-COFFEE/bin:$PATH' >> >> .bashrc >> >> J. > Hello John ;), > > I did the same thing with xemacs. The problem is that > it is not enough if I want the path to stay > permanently. How do cygwin knows to look at this file > (".bashrc") in the HOME directory ? Hi Fungazid, (Just a netiquette point, bottom posting is expected on the cygwin lists and responses are best kept there :) ) .bashrc is run because, for a login shell, .bash_profile tells it to be. How are you starting cygwin? It should be enough for it to happen everytime... J. -- 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/