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Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:43:44 +0100
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Subject: Re: .bashrc
From: Andy Koppe <andy DOT koppe AT gmail DOT com>
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2009/6/29 Dave Tang:
> So I've changed my home directory to /home/d.tang in my passwd file. I
> copied the .bashrc into my new home directory.
>
> But when I restart cygwin, it still doesn't load the .bashrc.

Bash on Cygwin is normally invoked as a login shell, in which case it
doesn't source .bashrc. Instead, it sources .bash_profile or .profile,
so unless you explicitly source .bashrc from there, it won't be
processed.

See here for the full story:
http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html#Bash-Startup-Files

Andy

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