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Subject: Re: startxwin started bash does not read .bashrc or .bash_profile
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Comments: In-reply-to Arthur Tu <arthur DOT jim DOT tu AT gmail DOT com>   message dated "Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:32:32 +0800."
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:20:59 -0800
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Arthur Tu wrote:

>> On 2/27/2013 8:08 AM, Kevin Layer wrote:
>> > If I put this into .startxwinrc:
>> >
>> >    mintty /usr/bin/bash.exe --login -i
>> >
>> > the resulting shell does not read .bash_profile.  If I put
>> >
>> >    mintty /usr/bin/bash.exe -i
>> >
>> > it doesn't read .bashrc.
>> >
>> >
>> > I've been beating my head against this wall for hours, over a few
>> > days.  I've googled my ass off, but I can't find anyone that's having
>> > the same problem.
>> >
>> >
>> > My ultimate goal is to use ssh-agent/ssh-add to make life easier, but
>> > it requires my .bashrc to be sourced (.bash_profile merely sources
>> > .bashrc).
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>> >
>> >
>> ## .bash_profile
>> if [ -f "${HOME}/.bashrc" ] ; then
>>   source "${HOME}/.bashrc"
>> fi
>> 
>> What do you mean? Isn't this enough?

It is not.  As I said, without --login, when .bashrc would be loaded
directly... it is *not*.

This should be pretty easy for someone to test.  Does it work for
anyone else, as I've described?

I'm up to date on my installation as of today.

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