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Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:02:50 -0800 (PST)
From: Neil Blue <neilblue AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject: Re: .bashrc file not run
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Yes it is all working now, as long as I don't use --login for bash.
I guess the failure to copy the skel/.bash_profile may have been the root of the problem.

Neil



----- Original Message ----
From: John Morrison <john AT morrison DOT mine DOT nu>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Sent: Fri, February 12, 2010 9:58:04 AM
Subject: Re: .bashrc file not run

On Fri, February 12, 2010 9:51 am, Neil Blue wrote:
> I created the ~/.profile in response to the email from Csaba Raduly. the
> bash man page does say it will look for ~/.profile as well.

It does, but you can't expect default behaviour from a non default file! ;)

> The setup program creates some terminal links like:
>
> C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/rxvt.exe -display 127.0.0.1:0 -tn
> rxvt-cygwin -e /bin/bash --login
>
> I just removed the --login option to preserve the results of ~/.bashrc,
> but then need to set up things like my prompt again as I loose the other
> automatic settings.
>
> This was a new cygwin install, downloaded a couple of days ago.
>
>
> I was trying to copy the skel/.bash_profile and got this:
>
> $ cp /etc/skel/.bash_profile ~/
> cp: not writing through dangling symlink `/home/blueneil/.bash_profile'

I've no idea why you got that - somebody with more knowledge than I should
be able to help...

> but
> cat /etc/skel/.bash_profile > ~/.bash_profile
> all works as expected and calls ~/.bashrc

So... all working now?

J.


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