On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 10:20 PM, Kevin Layer <> wrote: > Arthur Tu wrote: > >>> On 2/27/2013 8:08 AM, Kevin Layer wrote: >>> > If I put this into .startxwinrc: >>> > >>> > mintty /usr/bin/bash.exe --login -i >>> > >>> > the resulting shell does not read .bash_profile. If I put >>> > >>> > mintty /usr/bin/bash.exe -i >>> > >>> > it doesn't read .bashrc. >>> > >>> > >>> > I've been beating my head against this wall for hours, over a few >>> > days. I've googled my ass off, but I can't find anyone that's having >>> > the same problem. >>> > >>> > >>> > My ultimate goal is to use ssh-agent/ssh-add to make life easier, but >>> > it requires my .bashrc to be sourced (.bash_profile merely sources >>> > .bashrc). >>> > >>> > >>> > Thanks. >>> > >>> > >>> ## .bash_profile >>> if [ -f "${HOME}/.bashrc" ] ; then >>> source "${HOME}/.bashrc" >>> fi >>> >>> What do you mean? Isn't this enough? > > It is not. As I said, without --login, when .bashrc would be loaded > directly... it is *not*. > > This should be pretty easy for someone to test. Does it work for > anyone else, as I've described? > > I'm up to date on my installation as of today. >
.bashrc and .bash_profile serve 2 different purposes. .bash_profile is meant for login sessions (like ssh or a local terminal) .bashrc is meant for non-login sessions (like scp) Commonly .bash_profile does source in .bashrc so that it gets executed too. BTW, You don't need to do --login and -i. --login will assume -i anyways. Dummy run on my linux box (I'll check cygwin later when I get a chance) but this is for behavior check. shinji@icarus:~$ bash --login shinji@icarus:~$ echo $BASHRC Y shinji@icarus:~$ echo $BASH_PRO Y shinji@icarus:~$ exit logout shinji@icarus:~$ bash -i shinji@icarus:~$ echo $BASHRC Y shinji@icarus:~$ echo $BASH_PRO Note I placed an export statement in .bash_profile and .bashrc to mark if they got executed. Note that on the login shell both did get executed and on the non-login one (forced interactive) only .bashrc was run. .bashrc is sourced thanks to /etc/profile on my linux system. References: http://www.joshstaiger.org/archives/2005/07/bash_profile_vs.html http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html#Invoking-Bash Bash man page Robert Pendell A perfect world is one of chaos. -- 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