> Just starting to play with cygwin. I edited my > .profile to do some nice aliases, setting PATH and > bashprompt... > but I realize that as soon as I start a terminal using > xterm (I am using exceed as my Xserver, but shouldn't > matter) all the alias are gone (such as ls=ls > --color=auto, which is handy...), and I need to > deliberately source .profile again...any fix??? [...]
Two. Either use " -ls " option to your xterm, or use " -e bash --login ". SLao -- +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ Bitte lächeln! Fotogalerie online mit GMX ohne eigene Homepage! -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/