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Re: rxvt and path problems


Looks like I fixed this.  Seems if i take off the rcfile option and replace it w/ a "--login" option, all's good.

Thanks

--- On Sun, 8/9/09, Paul Tomsic <ptomsic@yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Paul Tomsic <ptomsic@yahoo.com>
> Subject: rxvt and path problems
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Date: Sunday, August 9, 2009, 11:16 AM
> Hi - I'm having trouble setting up
> RXVT on WinXP.
> I've got the following shortcut set up to launch RXVT:
> 
> C:\viper\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -sl 1500 -fn "Lucida
> Console-12" -bg black -fg yellow -sr -e bash --rcfile
> "/cygdrive/c/viper/.bashrc"
> 
> My $HOME directory is set to the following, as seen in the
> RXVT:
> 
> ptomsic:bin> echo $HOME
> /cygdrive/c/viper
> 
> and as seen in the DOS prompt:
> 
> C:\>set HOME
> HOME=/cygdrive/c/viper
> 
> When I launch the shortcut for RXVT, all is good but it
> opens in "/usr/bin"
> 
> If i type `cd ~` then I lose my $PATH, or so it would
> seem.? If i `echo $PATH` it looks like it's in tact,
> but i can't do simple things, like `ls` or `which ping` or
> `who`
> 
> Why would it be okay when I first launch the RXVT shortcut,
> but then simply changing to my $HOME directory causes
> everything to start misbehaving?
> 
> thanks - Paul
> 
> 
>

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