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Re: .bash_profile
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From: "Halim, Salman" <salman@bluestone.com>
To: <cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 5:25 PM
Subject: RE: .bash_profile
> i have home set correctly; it reads my .bashrc file, no problem,
> just not my .bash_profile
>
You have to start bash as a 'login' shell to have it read
~/.bash_profile
like this:
% bash --login
> --
> =========================================================
> Salman Halim Email: salman@bluestone.com
> =========================================================
> If a man says something in a forest, and there are no
> women around to hear him, is he still wrong?
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Wiersba [mailto:John.Wiersba@medstat.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 5:09 PM
> > To: 'Halim, Salman'; cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
> > Subject: RE: .bash_profile
> >
> >
> > Is $HOME set in your cygnus.bat? See faq.txt ("How can I get
> > bash to read
> > my .bashrc file on startup?")
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Halim, Salman [mailto:salman@bluestone.com]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 4:58 PM
> > > To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
> > > Subject: .bash_profile
> > >
> > >
> > > hi,
> > >
> > > i'm using the new bash 2.04 release and it doesn't seem to be
> > > reading my
> > > .bash_profile file -- am i doing something wrong? (i didn't
> > > use the file
> > > until just a few minutes ago so the problem didn't occur
> > > until just now!).
> > >
> > > thank you,
> > >
> > > --
> > > =========================================================
> > > Salman Halim Email: salman@bluestone.com
> > > =========================================================
> > > If a man says something in a forest, and there are no
> > > women around to hear him, is he still wrong?
> > >
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Regards,
W. Terry Lincoln
Senior Solution Developer Ciber corporation
WTerryLincoln@engineer.com lincoln2@rochester.rr.com
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