X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Yahoo-SMTP: Uu383n6swBCEN1G9up0WSnxbvN8fCPmk Message-ID: <4CAA4056.2070207@cygwin.com> Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:00:06 -0400 From: "Larry Hall \(Cygwin\)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: bash bug?: nested "bash --login -i" doesn't run /etc/profile (still runs ~/.bash_profile) References: <4CA4CFE3 DOT 1090300 AT fgm DOT com> <4CA9FE9B DOT 7020004 AT fgm DOT com> In-Reply-To: <4CA9FE9B.7020004@fgm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On 10/4/2010 12:19 PM, Daniel Barclay wrote: > I wrote: >> The behavior of "bash --login -i" seems to vary depending on whether >> it is a "root" invocation or a nested invocation of bash. This is >> inconsistent with the description man bash, and seems to be a bug. > > Can anyone confirm (or "anti-confirm") this behavior?: > > >> Details: >> >> >> When bash is started using the Cygwin shortcut (which runs cygwin.bat, >> which executes "bash --login -i"), bash reads files /etc/profile and >> ~/.bash_profile. (Running "bash --login -i" from an interactive >> "cmd" shell does the same.) >> >> However, when in that first bash process, another bash is started with >> that same "bash --login -i" command, bash does _not_ read /etc/profile. Works for me. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple