From: fjh@cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus Henderson) Subject: Re: Login-related questions 16 Jan 1998 17:53:15 -0800 Message-ID: <19980115115730.04080.cygnus.gnu-win32@mundook.cs.mu.OZ.AU> References: <34BB1F60@ncrdnde.dundee.ncr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: "Smith, Martin" Cc: "'gnu-win32'" On 13-Jan-1998, Smith, Martin wrote: > When opening a (non-login) Bash shell, my .bashrc is read okay (after I > set HOME=/usr/home/martin in my environment via the NT control panel). > However, when I use a login shell, it seems not to read .bashrc (I no > longer have my colourized 'ls' for example). Why might this be? For login shells, bash reads ~/.bash_profile rather than ~/.bashrc. Try adding `source ~/.bashrc' to your ~/.bash_profile file. -- Fergus Henderson | "I have always known that the pursuit WWW: | of excellence is a lethal habit" PGP: finger fjh@128.250.37.3 | -- the last words of T. S. Garp. - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".