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Re: bash 2.05b-8 doesnot execute .bashrc even if HOME is defined and .bashrc is under both ~/ and /


Original Message From: "Tianming Kong" <tmkong@yahoo.com>
> I'm using cygwin v1.3.18 under Windows XP
> Professional. Unfortunately bash 2.05b-8 does not
> exectute my startup script ~/.bashrc
>
> I defined environement variable HOME as "d:\" using
> windows control panel. I also copy my .bashrc file to
> cygwin / directory.

Why / ? Bash certainly doesn't look there. I suggest that you make sure that
HOME in the environment and your home dir in /etc/passwd are consistent, and
that .bashrc is located in that directory.

Max.


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