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Re: Is there a difference between "bash --login" and "bash --login -i"


Hi,

On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 08/02/2010 02:09 PM, JOHNER Jean 066030 wrote:

...snip...

>> If not, why keep -i in Cygwin.bat?

On a sort of related issue, why use cygwin.bat at all?

I've always just created an shortcut with a "Target" of

C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --login -i

and set "Start in" to be the directory I want to start things in.

I never liked having all those extra copies of cmd running just to start bash.

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Dave Hylands
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