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Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 11:28:27 +0200
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From: "Ehud Karni" <ehud@unix.simonwiesel.co.il>
To: radar@cacheware.com
Subject: Re: How to make cygwin/bash shell work in emacs
CC: chet@po.CWRU.Edu, cygwin@cygwin.com
In-reply-to: <NMEHIGJBPAKOAODKKENBOEGHCDAA.radar@cacheware.com> (message from
	Roman Adar on Tue, 2 Oct 2001 18:17:41 -0700)
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On Tue, 2 Oct 2001 18:17:41 -0700, Roman Adar <radar@cacheware.com> wrote:
> 
> I've tried the approach with the ".bashrc" file, but it creates other
> problems. When I've the "set -x" still set for tracing I can see that it
> loads the "shell" FOREVER, repeatedly. It never exits the load... statement.

That is because of the last lines in your /etc/profile:
    cd "$HOME"
    test -f ./.bashrc && . ./.bashrc
which just runs your ~/.bashrc again.

There are several ways to overcome this.
  1. You can put the relevant code in ~/.bashrc and not /etc/profile
     I don't recommend this solution.
  2. You can set a local (not env) variable that indicate /etc/profile
     has been processed (full example below).
  3. The recommended solution - put the common code in a separate file
     and source it whenever it is needed.

> 
> It looks like the ".bashrc" file is the solution, but I also probably, need
> to make some changes in my ".emacs" and the "/etc/profile" files. However
> I'm not sure where and what.

You don't need to change ".emacs" as for "/etc/profile" - please
do (3) above.

> I believe that at this point I'll invoke the perl explicitly with the full
> path when I use it in the emacs sub-shell.

You can do that, but it is not convenient, and you are just few lines
from a really GOOD solution.


Annex: how to call /etc/profile from ~/.bashrc and ~/.bashrc from
       /etc/profile without a loop.

1. Add to /etc/profile (near its beginning) ETC_PROFILE=ON
   DO NOT export it !  The reason for not exporting is that you
   to run /etc/profile + ~/.bashrc for sub processes.
2. Build the ~/.bashrc like this:

   if [ "$ETC_PROFILE" != ON ] ; then
       source /etc/profile
   else
       <real bashrc code>
   fi

I added the annex because SOMETIMES it is useful, but please use option
(3) above whenever possible.

Ehud.


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