Cygwin 1.7.7, User Variables, User Profiles

[Thorsten Kampe]

* rudolf.bendl@extern.sdv-it.de (Wed, 24 Nov 2010 09:13:14 +0100)
> I try to invoke the "set" command over ssh to a Cygwin 1.7.7 server
> and would expect that I get the variables I have defined in 
> $HOME/user/.profile

> ...
> TEST=test
> export TEST
> ....

That's equivalent to "export TEST=test".
 
> But I dont see the variables I defined in $HOME/user/.profile. What
> can I do?

Define them in the right place: $HOME/.profile instead of 
$HOME/user/.profile. And make sure there is no .bash_profile.

Actually .bash_profile would be even better. And .bashrc would be even 
better better (since it's recommended to leave .bash_profile empty 
except a source statement for .bashrc (which is the default in Cygwin 
anyway)).

Thorsten


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