From: vischne AT ibm DOT net Subject: Re: /etc/profile ignored; other strangeness 31 Jan 1998 17:25:58 -0800 Message-ID: <199802010046.AAA125812.cygnus.gnu-win32@out1.ibm.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com > Kjeld DOT F DOT Christensen AT dxd DOT ericsson DOT se wrote: >> 1) Seems like bash ignores /etc/profile, so I have to explicitly >source it from >> the /etc/bashrc file. I don't have to do this in Linux. Is this by >design, or >> am I doing something wrong here? > >I use the -login option to bash. > Actually, you are supposed to put all the /etc/profile stuff into either your WinDos autoexec.bat file or your /root/.bashrc file. I've been complaining about copy and paste operations into cygwin text windows, but now I know the truth: It's a Microsoft problem, not a cygnus problem. If you don't believe me, try to paste something into the Dos text window of the ftp.exe that comes with Windows 95. It doesn't work. (Like, copy a file name and paste the file name into a `get ' command.)Π- For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".