Re: .bashrc is ignored

[Larry Hall <cygwin-lh at cygwin dot com>]

At 09:55 AM 4/12/2004, you wrote:
>hi.
>
>I'm a newbie to cygwin and I'm trying to setup .bashrc to start when I launch a
>cygwin terminal (using rxvt in fact).  my .bashrc is ignored which I think is
>because the %HOME% environment variable is not set *before* I run bash/rxvt. 
>When I do set it, it simply causes bash to create new directories.  Basically
>I'm not sure whether %HOME% (a windows environment variable) should be set in
>Windows or POSIX format, and how to quote the string or escape spaces in either
>case - I'm trying to make sure my home directory is the same as my windows
>profile directory (done this) and that bash recognises this as the location to
>find .bashrc.
>
>Hoep someone can help!


Check whether the directory you want is listed as your home directory in 
/etc/passwd.  If it isn't, change it manually or rerun 'mkpasswd' and tell 
it to use the directory you want (see 'man mkpasswd').  An alternative is 
to set 'HOME' to the path that you want in Windows.  Set it in a POSIX form.  
Keep in mind that not all scripts and programs are tolerant of spaces in 
paths so you may want to consider using a symbolic link or mount to your 
home directory if it does contain spaces to avoid any hassle.



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