Newbie questions....

[Earnie Boyd]

If you issue bash with the --login script then it will execute a 
/etc/profile file.  If you "export HOME=/home/martin" from within 
/etc/profile and "source ~/.bashrc" it will do what you want.

EXAMPLE:

#file: /etc/profile
#This file will be used by "bash --login"
#
export HOME=/home/martin
export PATH=.:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH
source ~/.bashrc

-        \\||//
---o0O0--Earnie--0O0o----
-earnie_boyd@hotmail.com-
------ooo0O--O0ooo-------

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>From: "Smith, Martin" <martin@buntypost.dundee.ncr.com>
>To: "Nagle, Adrian" <anagle@ball.com>,
>        GNU-WIN32 Project
>	 <gnu-win32@cygnus.com>
>Subject: RE: Newbie questions....
>Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 14:41:12 -0000
>
>I had to set HOME=/home/martin via the System icon in the NT Control 
Panel
>(under the Environment tab). This works fine but I'd be interested in
>knowing if anyone has been able to do it from .bashrc or equivalent.
>
>Regards,
>	Martin
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:	Nagle, Adrian [SMTP:anagle@ball.com]
>> Sent:	Thursday, March 19, 1998 6:18 PM
>> To:	GNU-WIN32 Project
>> Subject:	Newbie questions....
>> 
>> I am interested in the CYGWIN-32 project.  Since at work, I must use 
NT,
>> I keep pulling hairs out when the ls command doesn't work.  
Fortunately
>> I found CYGWIN-32 and the bash shell.  That seems to solve my 
problem.
>> 
>> However, some questions.  I've tried to find the information on the 
web,
>> but haven't been successful.  How does bash work in CYGWIN-32?  I 
can't
>> figure out how to set the $HOME variable.  I have my .bash_profile 
and
>> .bashrc in my home directory to configure my environment, but 
executing
>> the cygnus.bat file (to start bash) will not source those files and 
it
>> puts me in the desktop directory.  How do I configure bash so that it
>> sources my config files?
>> 
>> Or, better yet, what is the best link for the documentation?  That 
could
>> answer more of my questions (i.e. getting g77 to work).
>> 
>> Thanks for the help.
>> 
>> Adrian
>> 
>> 
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