On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 08:19:28PM -0500, Peter Davis wrote: > On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 18:15:13 -0500 > Rolf Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Peter Davis wrote: > > > I recently switched from Windows NT4 and Windows 2000 to Windows XP. I > > > installed cygwin freshly on both systems. Now I'm noticing that on both > > > systems, .bashrc seems to be completely ignored. I haven't changed this > > > file at all, but suddenly the aliases I define and export are not > > > defined when I try to type them at the shell prompt. > > > > > > If I do > > > > > > source ~/.bashrc > > > > > > it works without error, but the aliases are *still* not defined. I > > > noticed by running 'cygcheck -s' that the new systems seem to have DLL > > > build 1.3.22 (3/18/2003), while the older ones were running build 1.3.20 > > > (2/18/2003). However, nothing else has changed. This used to work, but > > > now doesn't. > > > > > > Any clues? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > -pd > > > > What does your /etc/passwd look like? > > > It's got a bunch of entries: SYSTEM, Administrators, Administrator, Guest, pdavis, > etc. > > What should I be looking for?
Are you sure that your HOME directory is where you think it is? In order of priority it is set from - HOME from the Windows environment - /etc/passwd (that's probably why you were asked) - HOMEDRIVE/HOMEPATH - / Pierre -- 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/
