On Fri, February 12, 2010 8:53 am, Thorsten Kampe wrote: > * John Morrison (Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:26:24 -0000) >> >> ~/.bash_profile should already be setup to call ~/.bashrc >> >> it should have been in the base-files package which creates the >> /etc/skel >> files which should be copied when the user first log's on. >> >> AFAIK bash doesn't use a ~/.profile file. > > It does (as an "alternative" for .bash_profile). If you're not running > other shells that use ~/.profile you should name the profile file > .bash_profile.
Hi Thorsten Thanks for that clarification; should I change the base-files? Or create ~/.profile as a copy/link? to ~/.bash_profile? Still confused as to why the skel files weren't copied into Neils user directory in the first place. Oh well. J. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
