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Why doesn't bash read my .bashrc file on startup?
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- Subject: Why doesn't bash read my .bashrc file on startup?
- From: David Starks-Browning <starksb at ebi dot ac dot uk>
- Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 17:07:22 +0000
This is an old FAQ entry:
Q. Why doesn't bash read my .bashrc file on startup?
A. Your .bashrc is read from your home directory specified by the HOME
environment variable. It uses /.bashrc if HOME is not set. So you
need to set HOME correctly, or move your .bashrc to the top of the
drive mounted as / in Cygwin.
Now that HOME is set in a default setup, this shouldn't come up,
right? At least not "frequently".
I think the FAQ is too big (and it will get even bigger soon), and I
suspect it's difficult to find what you're looking for, so I'm
inclined to prune it wherever possible.
Thanks for any advice/opinions on the matter.
Cheers,
David (Cygwin FAQ maintainer)
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