load user preferences ?

load user preferences ?

[Marc Chantreux]

Hi all,

I've just came back to windows and reinstalled cygwin.

when i open a new cygwin term, my user preference is not loaded.
I guess it is because of my home directory location :

mc@MILLENIUM:~# pwd
/cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/mc/_unix
mc@MILLENIUM:~# ls -A
.Xdefaults     .bashrc  .gimp-1.2  .lftp  Mail       _viminfo
.bash_history  .cpan    .irssi     .ssh   Xdefaults

but i was worked fine on an older install. Any idea to fix that ?



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Re: load user preferences ?

[Marc Chantreux]

>
>
>>the only problem noticed is that the $HOME is not set ... if you see my lines, you
>>you can see that it's done.
>>
>
>
>I can see what's done?  That HOME is set?  You mean to 
>"/cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/mc/_unix"?  I believe you're asking for
>a leap of faith on my part that isn't warranted based on the data you've
>provided.
>
yes ... sorry ... i've forgot to say that i've done a 'cd' before.

>To be honest, I'm still not real sure what your specific problem is.
>I'm guessing that you want to know why .bashrc isn't sourced.  Am I right?
>
yes

>
>That depends on how you invoke the shell.
>
you're right : i've found the answer in the bash man : i've just moved 
my .bashrc to .profile and it works
fine now !

>  Adding it to one of the script
>files that get automatically sourced with "bash -l" (which is what is invoked
>by cygwin.bat) will solve that problem.  There's discussions in the email
>archives about this.  In particular, there were discussions about the fact
>that /etc/profile doesn't source this file by default anymore and what the 
>alternatives are.  You may want to review that discussion or even just look
>at the bash man page and/or user guide to see what files are sourced when and
>why.  There are good recommendations in those documents that will resolve 
>your issue for you.
>
i've found the disscusions in the archive (using better keywords)

>>BTW , i've seen that the /etc/passwd uses /home/$USER as $HOME. I've just tried :
>>
>>%HOME% = c:\_home\%USERNAME%
>>and
>>mount "c:\_home" /home
>>
>>failed too :(
>>
>Sorry.  I don't follow your logic here.  I can't see how noticing that 
>/etc/passwd uses /home/$USERNAME would suggest that you need to set your
>HOME variable to c:\_home\<anything>.
>
/_home to have no more space in the PATH. mount c:\_home /home to make 
this corresponding to
/etc/passwd

>  You're free to do so but why you 
>would want to or need to is beyond me.  Ditto the mount.
>
just a try ...

thanks a lot, hacker.

Marc


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Re: load user preferences ?

[Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)]

At 01:02 PM 4/15/2002, Marc Chantreux wrote:


>>>mc@MILLENIUM:~# pwd
>>>/cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/mc/_unix
>>>mc@MILLENIUM:~# ls -A
>>>.Xdefaults     .bashrc  .gimp-1.2  .lftp  Mail       _viminfo
>>>.bash_history  .cpan    .irssi     .ssh   Xdefaults
>>>
>>>but i was worked fine on an older install. Any idea to fix that ?
>>
>>
>>Yes.
>thanks
>
>>You want to look at the email archives,
>done ...
>
>>user guide,
>done ...
>
>>and FAQ
>done ...
>
>the only problem noticed is that the $HOME is not set ... if you see my lines, you
>you can see that it's done.


I can see what's done?  That HOME is set?  You mean to 
"/cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/mc/_unix"?  I believe you're asking for
a leap of faith on my part that isn't warranted based on the data you've
provided.


>>  If you still have trouble for some reason, you'll
>>need to provide the list with the specifics of what you've done and the
>>process you follow that makes your problem occur.
>hmm ... sorry for being ambigous :
>
>- i've installed cygwin with the setup.exe. the $HOME was still set with %USERPROFILE%/_unix.
>- it does not work.
>- i've tried to mount this $HOME on /home/$USERNAME without succes.


To be honest, I'm still not real sure what your specific problem is.
I'm guessing that you want to know why .bashrc isn't sourced.  Am I right?
That depends on how you invoke the shell.  Adding it to one of the script
files that get automatically sourced with "bash -l" (which is what is invoked
by cygwin.bat) will solve that problem.  There's discussions in the email
archives about this.  In particular, there were discussions about the fact
that /etc/profile doesn't source this file by default anymore and what the 
alternatives are.  You may want to review that discussion or even just look
at the bash man page and/or user guide to see what files are sourced when and
why.  There are good recommendations in those documents that will resolve 
your issue for you.


>BTW , i've seen that the /etc/passwd uses /home/$USER as $HOME. I've just tried :


This is discussed in the email archives.



>%HOME% = c:\_home\%USERNAME%
>and
>mount "c:\_home" /home
>
>failed too :(


Sorry.  I don't follow your logic here.  I can't see how noticing that 
/etc/passwd uses /home/$USERNAME would suggest that you need to set your
HOME variable to c:\_home\<anything>.  You're free to do so but why you 
would want to or need to is beyond me.  Ditto the mount.





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Re: load user preferences ?

[Marc Chantreux]

>
>
>>mc@MILLENIUM:~# pwd
>>/cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/mc/_unix
>>mc@MILLENIUM:~# ls -A
>>.Xdefaults     .bashrc  .gimp-1.2  .lftp  Mail       _viminfo
>>.bash_history  .cpan    .irssi     .ssh   Xdefaults
>>
>>but i was worked fine on an older install. Any idea to fix that ?
>>
>
>
>Yes.
>
thanks

>You want to look at the email archives,
>
done ...

>user guide,
>
done ...

>and FAQ
>
done ...

the only problem noticed is that the $HOME is not set ... if you see my 
lines, you
you can see that it's done.

>  If you still have trouble for some reason, you'll
>need to provide the list with the specifics of what you've done and the
>process you follow that makes your problem occur.
>
hmm ... sorry for being ambigous :

- i've installed cygwin with the setup.exe. the $HOME was still set with 
%USERPROFILE%/_unix.
- it does not work.
- i've tried to mount this $HOME on /home/$USERNAME without succes.

BTW , i've seen that the /etc/passwd uses /home/$USER as $HOME. I've 
just tried :

%HOME% = c:\_home\%USERNAME%
and
mount "c:\_home" /home

failed too :(

>This will give someone 
>the possibility of providing you with good additional suggestions.
>
right ... sorry again !

Marc


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