Date:	Sun, 20 Dec 1998 11:21:37 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: GNU Software for MS-Windows and MS-DOS
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On Thu, 17 Dec 1998, David Christensen wrote:

> c:\_bash_profile doesn't seem to get executed on either box.

That's because .bash_profile is only read by a *login* shell.  A login
shell is the one invoked when you log into a Unix system, which can't
happen on Windows.  To make Bash behave like a login shell, invoke it
with the -login switch.

The reason for two startup files (.bashrc and .bash_login) is that a
login shell usually does all kinds of setups that are only needed
once.  That is why each kind of shell (login and non-login) reads only
one of these two files.

This is all described in the Bash manual (see the section INVOCATION).

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