> -----Original Message----- > From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 3:00 PM > To: Chaikin, Yaakov Y (US SSA) > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: alias: not found > > On Thu, 25 Mar 2004, Chaikin, Yaakov Y (US SSA) wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I am using WinXP Pro. Created .profile file with the following line: > > .bashrc > > It should be ". .bashrc", actually...
I tried that. When I start up cygwin it gives me this error: Bash: ..bashrc: command not found > > > Then, I created .bashrc file with the following line: > > alias cl clear > > > > Restarted cygwin and got the following error message: > > alias: not found > > Which shell are you running? Sounds like "sh". I was under the impression that I am using "bash" shell. I am not familiar with this. > It's usually not a good idea to put bash-specific commands in .profile, as > sh also uses it. You can use .bash_profile for bash instead. I am not sure I am following this. Could you spell it out for me? What do I put into what file? Thanks, Yaakov. -- 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/
