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I thought my files were being overwritten ... but no - I was modifying the wrong files.
After I found the correct files and modified the .bash_profile everything was fine.
I was not aware of this .bash_profile and I was not aware of the source command. On the versions of Unix/Linux that I have used I would always do a .profile to execute the commands in it when I made changes.
So again I was making changes and the shell was not aware of the changes. Hey, I've been using Cygwin for like 2 weeks ,,, On 2/10/2014 9:13 PM, Mike Rushton wrote:
Well let me work at it tomorrow.I know how to do this on other unix systems, just that Cygwin is not acting as I am used too.I have done things like this on some versions of RHEL, UnixWare, Xenix, MKS Tookit.I guess I have to keep reading the Documentation and trying things. ( and no more use of the term Newbie :-) ) On 2/10/2014 8:26 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:On 2/10/2014 8:15 PM, Mike Rushton wrote:Can some one give me some hints about this ? I read the documentation and can't figure this out. I am trying to put an alias in a .bashrc alias clear='printf "\033c"' But what .bashrc do I put this in ? in /ect/skel or the one my user directory. I put this code in and it seems to get overwritten. I don't understand what I am doing wrong.Overwritten? By what? What's your home directory?It is a minor thing that i can't clear the screen, but i want to work atthis and try to fix this.OK but 'clear' will do what you want.Then I want to add a script to my profile. but what one the .profile or.bash_profile ?Unless you want it available to all users and other shells, put it in your.bash_profile.Other that these problems, I am converting my Korn shell scripts to bashunder Cygwin and it is going pretty good so far.FYI, at least the last 2 questions above are general UNIX/Linux questions. You should consult a good UNIX/Linux resource for some basic user tutorialsand guides.
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