When invoked as a login shell, bash changes to your home directory, so
the fact that it was started in the target directory becomes moot. I
would advise adding something to your .bash_profile or .bashrc that
looks for an environment variable containing a directory and cd's
there if it's set.
if [ -n "$STARTDIR" ]; then
cd "$STARTDIR"
fi
Then you have to set that somehow. This is somewhat roundabout but effective:
C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -cd "path" -e /usr/bin/bash -c
"STARTDIR=\"$PWD\" exec /bin/bash --login"
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 1:09 PM, KARR, DAVID (ATTCINW) wrote:
> I'd like to have a command line that will run bash inside rxvt, both as
> a login shell (so I get all my paths and profile) and in a specific
> directory. I know how to get it to a specific directory, and I know how
> to make it a login shell, but I can't figure out how to get both.
>
> If I use this:
>
> C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -ls -cd "path" -e /usr/bin/bash -l
>
> I get a login shell, but at my home dir, not at the specified path.
>
> If I remove the last "-l", it goes to the correct directory, but it
> didn't appear to load my profile (PATH isn't correct, for instance).
>
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