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RE: setup does not create /etc/profile


>> There is another strange things: When I start bash (by 
>clicking on the
>icon
>> on my Windows desktop), by $HOME/.bashrc is not executed (but when I
>invoke
>> a subshell, .bashrc is sourced). Further, my 
>$HOME/.bash_profile is not
>> sourced. Should I post this
>> as separate bug on the mailing list?
>
>How are you invoking `bash'? If you want your shell to be a 
>login shell you
>have to pass the '--login' option to `bash'.

OK, I resolved this one: After the re-install, my .bash_profile is executed;
and since a click
to the cygwin icon executes /cygwin.bat, which in
turn does a 

	cygwin --login

it explains why .bashrc is not executed.

Ronald

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