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Re: /etc/profile ignored; other strangeness
- To: gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: /etc/profile ignored; other strangeness
- From: vischne at ibm dot net
- Date: Sun, 1 Feb 1998 00:46:51 GMT
> Kjeld.F.Christensen@dxd.ericsson.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.)Œ
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