I found a .mkshrc file with some pr3loaded functions and stuff. I simply renamed the original .mkshrc and copied the .profile to the .mkshrc. Which works and gets me back to where I was. however since I use that .profile for both unix and windows hosts its a bit inconvenient. --Refr inn gra "Wars are to be won with swords and spears, not with rice and salt." -- Uesugi Kenshin Has anyone else noticed in the 1.7.9 version of cygwin the mksh korn shell interpreter does not source the .profile file? Is there a work around other than sourcing it manually -- which manual sourcing breaks scripts. --Refr inn gra "Wars are to be won with swords and spears, not with rice and salt." -- Uesugi Kenshin -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple