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Re: /etc/profile always does a "cd $HOME"
- From: Dave <d_inabox at yahoo dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 13:13:07 -0700 (PDT)
- Subject: Re: /etc/profile always does a "cd $HOME"
Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote:
> On Mon, May 23, 2005 at 12:55:12PM -0700, Dave wrote:
>>>> i'd like to use cygwin from a normal windows-app. The problem is, that i
>>>> need a login-shell, so that all environment-vars are properly set. The
>>>> problem: bash -li always changes the current workdir!
>>
>>>The point was "a flly functional" environment, and just adding /bin to
>>>the PATH is only half the things, i'd need to do.
>>
>> If you have a recent* /etc/profile from base-files, pretend you're chere.
>>
>> From a sh script:
>>
>> CHERE_INVOKING=y && bash -li <somecommand>
>
>ITYM:
>
>CHERE_INVOKING=y bash -li -c somecommand
Thanks for the correction. I never knew that was valid, and I suppose I'll
always wonder why some of my scripts ever worked.
Dave.
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