X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <30474750.post@talk.nabble.com> Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 09:39:28 -0800 (PST) From: jwzumwalt To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Order of .profile & .bashrc MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 My prompt and a few other items are not working correctly. I have found teh following startup files... are there any more? What is the order or priority of configuring? /etc/bash.bashrc /etc/profile /etc/skel/.bashrc /etc/skel/.bash_profile /etc/skel/.inputrc $HOME/.bash_profile - commands inside this file only get executed by the login shell. $HOME/.bashrc - commands inside this file only get execute when you run a subshell $HOME/.bash_logout - executed on logout, good for deleting tmp files and history. /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc =E2=80=93 executed when xwindows start, startup prog= rams --=20 View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Order-of-.profile---.ba= shrc-tp30474750p30474750.html Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple