X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE,TW_TX X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Mail-Handler: Dyn Standard SMTP by Dyn X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse AT dyndns DOT com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/sendlabs/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX18Y8IojW5NzteDX/hpG6y2J Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:08:58 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: startxwin started bash does not read .bashrc or .bash_profile Message-ID: <20130227200858.GA5622@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <15470 DOT 1361923720 AT relay DOT known DOT net> <512E489F DOT 8060700 AT dronecode DOT org DOT uk> <6514 DOT 1361987973 AT freon DOT franz DOT com> <1977176204 DOT 20130227233752 AT mtu-net DOT ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1977176204.20130227233752@mtu-net.ru> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) 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 Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 11:37:52PM +0400, Andrey Repin wrote: >Greetings, Kevin Layer! > >> I know ~/.bashrc hasn't been read because my prompt is not changed and >> my aliases are not there. > >That's just assumption. Not the first-hand knowledge. It may be true, or >not... Best way to know is to place >set -x >around the start of the file and observe the results. > >>>> This is also a really odd place to start mintty. Why start it as a side >>>> effect of the unrelated action starting the X server? > >> This is merely an example, the simplest one to reproduce the failure. >> It's not how I want to use startxwin. > >>>> > 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). >>>> >>>> If you are going to work with both mintty and X clients, which will not >>>> naturally have a common parent ssh-agent process to inherit from, you might >>>> want to investigate the keychain package. > >> I'm unfamiliar with that. Thanks for the pointer. > >Or simply use PuTTY and PageAnt. **cgf checks the mailing list Yep. It really is the cygwin mailing list. If someone is here, it is presumed that they want to use Cygwin so suggesting non-Cygwin alternatives is really off-topic and )adjective deleted(. cgf -- 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