From: Jason Green Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: BASH startup files Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 22:50:19 +0100 Organization: Customer of Energis Squared Lines: 14 Message-ID: <853jqsktshdbhhlp14tnihpk45af2ild7o@4ax.com> References: <8obvpi$j5q$1 AT nets3 DOT rz DOT RWTH-Aachen DOT DE> NNTP-Posting-Host: modem-33.adderall.dialup.pol.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news5.svr.pol.co.uk 967413051 5399 62.136.76.33 (27 Aug 2000 21:50:51 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: 27 Aug 2000 21:50:51 GMT X-Complaints-To: abuse AT theplanet DOT net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.7/32.534 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote: > > Problem 1) > > > BASH will not source the startup files _blogin or _bash_login. > > Of course it won't: you're not starting it as a login shell (option > '-login'). You'll want to re-read the section on bash startup in the > docs. Thanks! :) Problem 1 is a Red Herring then. Maybe problem 2 really is a bug, I thought it could be bad installation on my part.