Re: Open bash at the current explorer directory?

[Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>]

As I posted earlier, you can avoid calling both ~/.bashrc and /etc/profile
by running bash with a "-i" option (
http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2002-09/msg00680.html ).

So invoke the first bash as '-e bash --login -i', and the second as 'exec
bash --rcfile ~/.profile'.  You may get ~/.bashrc executed on the second
invocation.  You will lose the system-wide settings that are set in
/etc/profile, though.
	Igor

On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Frantisek Dufka wrote:

> Umm they both work, sort of. As I said before, the user profile gets
> executed twice. If you run some executable from the user profile which
> should run only once, it's a problem.
>
> First invocation is from the '-e /usr/bin/bash --login' part, the second is
> from the 'exec bash --rcfile ~/.profile' (or 'exec -l bash')
>
> My solution runs bash only once and I have no problems with it so far. I
> just wanted to share. I hope it's clear now :)
>
> Frantisek
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Vincent" <jpv50@hotmail.com>
> To: <dufkaf@seznam.cz>; <marcos@it.uc3m.es>
> Cc: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 1:02 PM
> Subject: Re: Open bash at the current explorer directory?
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Here is an alternative that has also been posted before, that also
> > works when it's a disk drive rather than a directory. Does
> > this work any better for you? (Both work fine for me on W2K SP3)
> >
> > /John Vincent
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------
> > REGEDIT4
> >
> > [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\rxvtHere]
> > @="r&xvtHere"
> >
> > [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\rxvtHere\command]
> > @="C:\\CYGWIN\\BIN\\rxvt.exe -sr -ut -tn rxvt -bg black -fg grey -fn
> > \"Courier-16\" -sl 2000 -e /usr/bin/bash --login -i -c \"cd '%1';echo
> > '%1';exec bash --rcfile ~/.profile -i\""
> >
> > [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\rxvtHere]
> > @="r&xvtHere"
> >
> > [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\rxvtHere\command]
> > @="C:\\CYGWIN\\BIN\\rxvt.exe -sr -ut -tn rxvt -bg black -fg grey -fn
> > \"Courier-16\" -sl 2000 -e /usr/bin/bash --login -i -c \"cd '%1';echo
> > '%1';exec bash --rcfile ~/.profile -i\""
> > ---------------------------------------------
> >
> > >From: "Frantisek Dufka" <dufkaf@seznam.cz>
> > >To: "Marcos Lorenzo de Santiago" <marcos@it.uc3m.es>
> > >CC: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
> > >Subject: Re: Open bash at the current explorer directory?
> > >Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 12:42:09 +0200
> > >
> > >Sure. We are both talking about following key, right?
> > >
> > >Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
> > >
> > >[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\0cmd-rxvt]
> > >@="Open rxvt Window Here"
> > >
> > >[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\0cmd-rxvt\command]
> > >@="C:\\cygwin\\bin\\rxvt.exe -bg black -fg white -sr -sl 1000 -fn
> > >\"Fixedsys\" -ls -e /usr/bin/bash --login -c \"cd \\\"`cygpath -u
> > >'%1'`\\\";
> > >exec bash\""
> > >
> > >It didn't work for me. My settings in .bash_profile were not executed in
> > >the
> > >final 'exec bash' but in the -e /usr/bin/bash, which is wrong, because it
> > >gets forgotten by the exec'ed shell. If you add -l (exec -l bash) it is
> > >executed twice. In my case it tells me two fortune cookies instead of one.
> > >That's nice, but they may run out quickly :)
> > >
> > >Frantisek
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Marcos Lorenzo de Santiago" <marcos@it.uc3m.es>
> > >To: "Frantisek Dufka" <dufkaf@seznam.cz>
> > >Cc: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
> > >Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 11:05 AM
> > >Subject: Re: Open bash at the current explorer directory?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >      > I don't know how to do it without using .bashrc, but this works for
> > >      > me (current cygwin, NT 4.0)
> > >      >
> > >      > Registry key contains:
> > >      >
> > >      > D:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -sb -sr -sl 16384 -fn fixedsys -fg gray -bg
> > >      > black -e /bin/env CFH="%1" /bin/bash --login
> > >      >
> > >      > .bashrc contains
> > >      >
> > >      > if [ "$CFH" != "" ] ; then
> > >      >      cd "$CFH"
> > >      >      unset CFH
> > >      > fi
> > >      >
> > >      > No temporary files, bash.exe or .bash_profile is not executed twice.
> > >      > Also looks like cygpath -u is not needed, DOS paths seem to work in
> > >      > cd command.
> > >
> > >Not long ago someone posted a registry key to do this with right-click
> > >button option. It works quite well and you can modify the key to your own
> > >preferences (background colour, font colour, etc.). Someone posted a way
> > >to opne a explorer from current bash PWD.
> > >
> > >rgrds,
> > >m4c.
> > >
> > >
> > >      >
> > >      > Frantisek
> > >      >
> > >      > -------------------------------------
> > >      > * John Daniel Doucette <john.doucette@jjmackay.ca> [13-09-02 15:23]:
> > >      >  > I am using Win2000 Pro, SP3.   Is there a way to invoke an
> > >      >  > interactive bash shell at a particular directory, without
> > >      >  > using a .bashrc or similar file?
> > >      >  > I.e. on the command lie alone?  The --login and -c options
> > >      >  > appear to be mutually exclusive.  I would like to be able
> > >      >  > browse quickly to a directory with explorer, option/right
> > >      >  > click on the directory, then select a custom "open with
> > >      >  > cygwin" option, and have the bash shell open at that
> > >      >  > directory.  Has anyone tried this?
> > >      >
> > >      > Read this from the archive.
> > >      > http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2002-05/msg01648.html
> > >      >
> > >      > HTH
> > >      > Jens

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