From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Heinz-Juergen Oertel To: "'Cygwin mailing list'" Subject: Re: cygwin Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 00:48:00 -0000 Message-id: <3934C3A8.97CEEFDF@port.de> References: <39347BE1.5181F5E2@djh-freeweb.de> X-SW-Source: 2000-05/msg01104.html Dietmar Lettau wrote: > > Hi, > > I use cygwin with w98. > My question: how to install a thing like "/etc/profiles" or ~/.bashrc ? > I want automatically some aliases to be loaded at startup. > > The bash uses c:\ as root (I assume: there lies the .bash_history), but > it won't help when I place a '.bashrc' there (written with lower case). > > Please excuse my bad english, > > greetings > Dietmar > > -- > Want to unsubscribe from this list? > Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com for using these files (.profile, .bashrc) in a "home" you must have a HOME variable set with your home-path. mkdir /home mkdir /home/dietmar cp .bashrc /home/dietmar HOME must e set before calling bash, e.g. in a startup.bat (cygnus.bat) set HOME c:\home\dietmar works for me with cygwin b20.1 -- with best regards / mit freundlichen Grüßen Heinz-Jürgen Oertel =========================================== Heinz-Jürgen Oertel port GmbH phone +49 345 77755-0 Regensburger Str. 7c fax +49 345 77755-20 D-06132 Halle/Saale mailto:oe@port.de Germany http://www.port.de =========================================== -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com