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Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1998 18:12:03 +0100
From: Olivier Perron <olivier DOT perron AT art DOT alcatel DOT fr>
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To: Ian Chapman <ichapman AT nt DOT com>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Install BASH shell
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Ian Chapman wrote:
> 
> Hi Bash experts,
>         I've about less than more got bash running on my machine.  I'm in win95
> open a dos window and give the command "bash" and I'm there.  However
> I'd like to have bash as my only shell.  When I exited bash it went to
> dos then exit again to win95.
> 
>         So I made a dos short cut renamed it BASH then properties and program
> tab and changed the command line window from command.com to
> e:\djgpp\bin\bash.exe. That gave me a BASH shell more ignorant than
> me.  About all I could do was a cd from C: to E: and then into djgpp\bin
> so I guess I was missing path stuff.  Bash did not even recognize a path
> command.
> 
Ok, that's a good beginnig.

Now put the following into your autoexec.bat:
set SYSROOT=C:
set HOME=C:\HOME

Then create the C:\HOME directory and put in it the _bashrc and others

I think it should work so. If not, tell it me.

Olivier.