Nano fails to open file "~/.bashrc".

Kirill Frolov frolovkirill7@gmail.com
Fri Mar 3 15:37:27 GMT 2023


On 03.03.2023 18:31, Andrey Repin wrote:
> Greetings, Kirill Frolov!
>
> Please avoid top-posting in this list.
>
>> On 03.03.2023 15:47, Andrey Repin wrote:
>>> Greetings, Kirill Frolov!
>>>
>>>> When i run nano ~/.bashrc nano opens with   [ Directory '/home/frolo' does not exist ] error.
>>> Do you run it from bash prompt or from CMD prompt?
>>>
>>>> The file opens with cat ~/.bashrc
>>> Can you please show us the output of
>>>
>>> getent passwd "$USER"; mount; cat /etc/nsswitch.conf
>>>
>> I run it with F:\cygwin64\bin\mintty.exe -i /Cygwin-Terminal.ico -
> Thanks. TBH, I'm baffled. Your setup looks like standard unaltered one.
> Diagnostics seems clear, but the last bit remains.
> What the `which nano` says?
>
>> $ getent passwd "$USER"; mount; cat /etc/nsswitch.conf
>> frolo:*:197609:197121:U-DESKTOP-P57624Q\frolo,S-1-5-21-3636099827-1216969241-2011884586-1001:/home/frolo:/bin/bash
>> F:/cygwin64/bin on /usr/bin type ntfs (binary,auto)
>> F:/cygwin64/lib on /usr/lib type ntfs (binary,auto)
>> F:/cygwin64 on / type ntfs (binary,auto)
>> C: on /cygdrive/c type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto)
>> D: on /cygdrive/d type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto)
>> E: on /cygdrive/e type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto)
>> F: on /cygdrive/f type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto)
>> # /etc/nsswitch.conf
>> #
>> #    This file is read once by the first process in a Cygwin process tree.
>> #    To pick up changes, restart all Cygwin processes.  For a description
>> #    see https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-mapping-nsswitch
>> #
>> # Defaults:
>> # passwd:   files db
>> # group:    files db
>> # db_enum:  cache builtin
>> # db_home:  /home/%U
>> # db_shell: /bin/bash
>> # db_gecos: <empty>
> $ which nano
> /cygdrive/c/Program Files/Git/usr/bin/nano
>
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