On Thu, 6 May 2004, Tim Shadel wrote: > Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > > [snip] > >>>2. Is there a file (.rc something-or-other perhaps?) that I can create > >>>that will make the "source /etc/profile" call once plink connects, so I > >>>can have the right path when <command> happens? > > > >Well, you can tell ssh to invoke a login shell (e.g., "ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] bash > >-l -c > >'commands'"). I don't know about plink. > > plink also allows commands to be run. That "bash -l -c 'commands'" > works great. I see if there's any way to change the code to use it, but > that solves my problem. > > [snip] > >This has nothing to do with Cygwin. This is pure shell stuff. > > I guess I didn't know the original PATH was the windows one. That makes > more sense now. So I'd see the same thing on a Linux box using pure > ssh. If the PATH were changed by /etc/profile, and I didn't use the > "bash -l -c 'commands'" stuff to force a bash login, then I wouldn't see > the new PATH there either. > > I assume that the only way to 'source /etc/profile' requires a change to > the content after "ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED]". For example, '"ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] > bash -l -c > 'commands'" and "ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] source /etc/profile; commands" both work for > me. I only wish I could "ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] commands" and have it work. I've got > the info I need to figure out a different solution, though. Thanks!
If you set up your variables in ~/.bashrc instead of /etc/profile, that should get executed on every bash invocation (assuming your remote shell is "bash"). Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/