> I installed cygwin but did not select enough tools. Took about 4 installs > before I thought I got all the stuff I needed, x11, etc, etc. However, there > is no .bashrc nor .bash_profile. cd /home/xxx does nothing except report home > does not exist. echo $HOME does work. Is there a fix for this? What did I > fail to setup? I looked at a friends system and his home directory has all > the bash stuff that I am missing. Shall i uninstall and then select > everything > and re-install? I googled but didnt see this problem.
Have you started a login shell? The first time you start a login shell for a given user, the files in /etc/skel are used to create a home directory for that user. This is a bit different than a UNIX system that uses these files at the time the account is created. Brett -- 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/