Re: /etc/profile always does a "cd $HOME"

2005-05-24 Thread Dave
Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote: > On Mon, May 23, 2005 at 12:55:12PM -0700, Dave wrote: i'd like to use cygwin from a normal windows-app. The problem is, that i need a login-shell, so that all environment-vars are properly set. The problem: bash -li always changes the current workdir!

RE: /etc/profile always does a "cd $HOME"

2005-05-24 Thread Dave Korn
Original Message >From: Sven Köhler >Sent: 24 May 2005 04:16 > The file in /etc/defaults/etc/profile has this CHERE_INVOKING thing, but > for some reason, that file wasn't copied to /etc/profile. > > Can you imagine why? The base files postinstall script refuses to update your /etc/

Re: /etc/profile always does a "cd $HOME"

2005-05-23 Thread Sven Köhler
i'd like to use cygwin from a normal windows-app. The problem is, that i need a login-shell, so that all environment-vars are properly set. The problem: bash -li always changes the current workdir! >> >>The point was "a flly functional" environment, and just adding /bin to >>the PATH i

Re: /etc/profile always does a "cd $HOME"

2005-05-23 Thread Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
On Mon, May 23, 2005 at 12:55:12PM -0700, Dave wrote: > >>> i'd like to use cygwin from a normal windows-app. The problem is, that i > >>> need a login-shell, so that all environment-vars are properly set. The > >>> problem: bash -li always changes the current workdir! > > >The point was "a flly f

Re: /etc/profile always does a "cd $HOME"

2005-05-23 Thread Dave
>>> i'd like to use cygwin from a normal windows-app. The problem is, that i >>> need a login-shell, so that all environment-vars are properly set. The >>> problem: bash -li always changes the current workdir! >The point was "a flly functional" environment, and just adding /bin to >the PATH is onl

Re: /etc/profile always does a "cd $HOME"

2005-05-23 Thread Sven Köhler
>>> i'd like to use cygwin from a normal windows-app. The problem is, that i >>> need a login-shell, so that all environment-vars are properly set. The >>> problem: bash -li always changes the current workdir! >> >> So here's what i'd like to do. Perhaps you could help me with that: >> >> I'm tryin

Re: /etc/profile always does a "cd $HOME"

2005-05-22 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Sven Köhler wrote: i'd like to use cygwin from a normal windows-app. The problem is, that i need a login-shell, so that all environment-vars are properly set. The problem: bash -li always changes the current workdir! So here's what i'd like to do. Perhaps you could help me with that: I'm tryi

Re: /etc/profile always does a "cd $HOME"

2005-05-22 Thread René Berber
Sven Köhler wrote: >>i'd like to use cygwin from a normal windows-app. The problem is, that i >>need a login-shell, so that all environment-vars are properly set. The >>problem: bash -li always changes the current workdir! > > > So here's what i'd like to do. Perhaps you could help me with that:

Re: /etc/profile always does a "cd $HOME"

2005-05-22 Thread Sven Köhler
> i'd like to use cygwin from a normal windows-app. The problem is, that i > need a login-shell, so that all environment-vars are properly set. The > problem: bash -li always changes the current workdir! So here's what i'd like to do. Perhaps you could help me with that: I'm trying to execute mak

Re: /etc/profile always does a "cd $HOME"

2005-05-22 Thread Sven Köhler
>>i'd like to use cygwin from a normal windows-app. The problem is, that i >>need a login-shell, so that all environment-vars are properly set. The >>problem: bash -li always changes the current workdir! > > That's not a problem, it's a feature. > >>IMHO, executing "bash -li" shouldn't change the

Re: /etc/profile always does a "cd $HOME"

2005-05-22 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Sun, 22 May 2005, Sven Köhler wrote: > Hi, > > i'd like to use cygwin from a normal windows-app. The problem is, that i > need a login-shell, so that all environment-vars are properly set. The > problem: bash -li always changes the current workdir! > > IMHO, executing "bash -li" shouldn't chang

Re: /etc/profile always does a "cd $HOME"

2005-05-22 Thread René Berber
Sven Köhler wrote: > i'd like to use cygwin from a normal windows-app. The problem is, that i > need a login-shell, so that all environment-vars are properly set. The > problem: bash -li always changes the current workdir! That's not a problem, it's a feature. > IMHO, executing "bash -li" should

/etc/profile always does a "cd $HOME"

2005-05-22 Thread Sven Köhler
Hi, i'd like to use cygwin from a normal windows-app. The problem is, that i need a login-shell, so that all environment-vars are properly set. The problem: bash -li always changes the current workdir! IMHO, executing "bash -li" shouldn't change the workdir. No other system i know does that. Scri