RE: alias: not found

[Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>]

Yaakov,

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On Thu, 25 Mar 2004, Chaikin, Yaakov Y (US SSA) wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:pechtcha<at>cs<dot>nyu<dot>edu]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 3:00 PM
> > To: Chaikin, Yaakov Y (US SSA)
> > Cc: cygwin<at>cygwin<dot>com
> > Subject: Re: alias: not found
> >
> > On Thu, 25 Mar 2004, Chaikin, Yaakov Y (US SSA) wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am using WinXP Pro. Created .profile file with the following line:
> > > .bashrc
> >
> > It should be ". .bashrc", actually...
>
> I tried that. When I start up cygwin it gives me this error:
> Bash: ..bashrc: command not found

Note the space between the dots...  In a file destined for bash only, you
can use the "source" builtin instead of the "." command, i.e., use "source
.bashrc".

> > > Then, I created .bashrc file with the following line:
> > > alias cl clear
> > >
> > > Restarted cygwin and got the following error message:
> > > alias: not found
> >
> > Which shell are you running?  Sounds like "sh".
>
> I was under the impression that I am using "bash" shell. I am not
> familiar with this.

How are you invoking the shell?  Via rxvt?  Or via a Cygwin shortcut?  If
the former, rxvt will execute "sh" by default.  If the latter, what is the
contents of your /cygwin.bat?

> > It's usually not a good idea to put bash-specific commands in
> > .profile, as sh also uses it.  You can use .bash_profile for bash
> > instead.
>
> I am not sure I am following this. Could you spell it out for me? What
> do I put into what file?
>
> Thanks,
> Yaakov.

Bash, when invoked as a login shell, will execute ~/.bash_profile, if
present, instead of ~/.profile.  I usually symlink ~/.bash_profile to
~/.bashrc...  Alternatively, make ~/.bash_profile a one-line script with
". .bashrc" or "source .bashrc".

OTOH, ~/.profile is used by both bash and sh, so you should only put
sh-compatible commands into it.
	Igor
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