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Andrey Repin wrote:
>> Hmm... therefore it is also better to change the last line to:
>>     .\bash --login -i
> "%~dp0bin\bash.exe" --login -i

Changing the directory before bash is run is a security measure because 
the current directory may be in DLL search path. I guess this is one 
reason why the cygwin.bat file created by setup.exe also does this.


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