Shelby, > What happens when you do this:
________here we go:__________________ $ set > paps $ bash $ set > kid $ exit exit $ diff paps kid 4c4 < BASH=/usr/bin/bash --- > BASH=/bin/bash 34d33 < OLDPWD=/usr/bin 40,41c39 < PIPESTATUS=([0]="0") < PPID=1 --- > PPID=370815 49c47 < SHLVL=1 --- > SHLVL=2 57,58c55 < _=unknown < i=/etc/profile.d/openssl.sh --- > _=bash ___________EOT____________________ Further, iŽd like to include the {.}profile: {btw, does the . make trouble somewhere, sometimes the point is used, sometimes not? } ___________________________________ PATH="/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:$PATH" USER="`id -un`" if [ -z "$HOME" ]; then HOME="/home/$USER" fi if [ ! -d "$HOME" ]; then mkdir -p "$HOME" fi export HOME USER for i in /etc/profile.d/*.sh ; do if [ -f $i ]; then . $i fi done export MAKE_MODE=unix export PS1='\[\033]0;\w\007 \033[32m\]\u@\h \[\033[33m\w\033[0m\] $ ' cd "$HOME" __________EOT___________________ Tom p.s. mind my other posting @Jason -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/