How do I get my .bashrc read at startup?

[Randall R Schulz]

Frank,

I've attached the two Windows shortcuts that I use to launch BASH, either 
in a console ("Cygwin.lnk") or in RXVT ("RXVT-AM.lnk").

You'll no doubt want to edit these for the particular installation 
directories, window sizes and colors and fonts and such.

In case these shortcuts are not acceptable under all versions of Windows (I 
use 2K Pro), here's the commands they embed:

Console:
D:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --login -i

RXVT:
D:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -g 110x89+485+-1 -bg #dddddd -fg #000000 -fn "Lucida 
ConsoleP-11" -sr -sl 5000 -tn rxvt -vb -e /bin/bash --login -i


The important parts are the "-i" and / or "--login" options. I recommend 
reading the BASH manual page to get the full (mucked up) details of the 
interaction between these options and the presence or absence of the 
various start-up processing done by that shell (I can never keep it 
straight in my mind and have to use the manual every time I want to 
understand or change these things).

Randall Schulz
Mountain View, CA USA


At 08:53 2002-10-01, Lane, Frank L wrote:
>Thanks to Randall for the bash(ing)!:-)
>
>How do I get my .bashrc read at startup?
>
><snip>
>
>Thanks,
>Frank
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