1.7.1: Incomplete install

Larry Hall (Cygwin) reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com
Tue Mar 16 00:20:00 GMT 2010


On 3/15/2010 6:37 PM, Roe, Kevin L. wrote:
> So a complete uninstall (by deleting the directory and removing registry references) followed by a complete install fixed all my problems except one:
>
> My rxvt shortcut results in a prompt that has not read my .bashrc file.  So I hacked the /etc/profile file to include the line:
>
> . "/<home_dir>/.bashrc"
>
> That fixed it.
>
> The rxvt syntax is below:
>
> C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe  -T "%COMPUTERNAME%.%USERDNSDOMAIN%" -e /bin/bash --login -c "exec /bin/bash"

The above is expected.  It's documented behavior of bash.  If you're
curious as to the typical resolutions for people that want their
.bashrc sourced in login shells, google around a bit on the topic.

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