At 10:15 AM 10/1/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Hi List, > >I'm new to cygwin, running xfree86 version. I've attempted to look at the >faq and the >list archive and didn't see these questions. I think they're a result of >some mis- >understanding I have of UNIX. > >When I launch my cygwin window from the icon my .bashrc isn't run. Will >someone please tell me why not? > >Also after I 'source' the .bashrc the system still behaves as though my path >updates >never occurred. I must be missing something here also.
Sorry, itchy trigger finger. man bash, search for "INVOCATION". That explains how bash reads its files on startup. -- 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/
