> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Gary Johnson wrote: > > C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -e /bin/bash --login -c "cd /usr/local/src; > exec bash -i" > > A good solution, but it won't work if you do anything in .bash_profile > that's not inherited by child shell processes (aliases, shell > functions, etc), since .bash_profile won't be executed by the bash -i. > > Of course, it's not good practice to do such things in .bash_profile; > better to put them in .bashrc (and have .bash_profile source .bashrc > so they happen in login shells, too)... but something to watch out > for.
Hmm. This (Gary's solution) didn't work. Instead of leaving me in my Cygwin home or the target directory, it left me in my Windows home. I don't know why. I tried implementing Mark's solution, and that worked fine. I don't have to look at it, so I won't complain. :)
