On 05 July 2007 10:15, Sisyphus wrote: > How do I make that alteration a permanent fixture, so that I don't have to > do it every time I open a new shell ? I tried editing etc/profile (in > wordpad), but only succeeded in stuffing up the line endings - and had to > replace that file with a copy of the backup from etc/defaults/etc/profile.
You could edit it in wordpad, save and close it, run d2u on it. That'd work. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/