On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 18:15:13 -0500 Rolf Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Peter Davis wrote: > > I recently switched from Windows NT4 and Windows 2000 to Windows XP. I > > installed cygwin freshly on both systems. Now I'm noticing that on both > > systems, .bashrc seems to be completely ignored. I haven't changed this > > file at all, but suddenly the aliases I define and export are not > > defined when I try to type them at the shell prompt. > > > > If I do > > > > source ~/.bashrc > > > > it works without error, but the aliases are *still* not defined. I > > noticed by running 'cygcheck -s' that the new systems seem to have DLL > > build 1.3.22 (3/18/2003), while the older ones were running build 1.3.20 > > (2/18/2003). However, nothing else has changed. This used to work, but > > now doesn't. > > > > Any clues? > > > > Thanks, > > > > -pd > > What does your /etc/passwd look like? It's got a bunch of entries: SYSTEM, Administrators, Administrator, Guest, pdavis, etc. What should I be looking for? Thanks, -pd -- -------- Peter Davis Funny stuff at http://www.pfdstudio.com List of resources for children's writers and illustrators at: http://www.pfdstudio.com/cwrl.html -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/