>>i'd like to use cygwin from a normal windows-app. The problem is, that i >>need a login-shell, so that all environment-vars are properly set. The >>problem: bash -li always changes the current workdir! > > That's not a problem, it's a feature. > >>IMHO, executing "bash -li" shouldn't change the workdir. > > Wrong! > >>No other system i know does that. > > Not true, "bash -li" works the same in any system that runs bash. You are > probably thinking of running "bash" without the parameter... that execution > doesn't change the current location. > > In fact, if you login into any system using any shell you login into your home > dir. That's the idea that the -l or --login parameter make explicit.
On any Linux-system i know, bash is already started in the homedir of the user, and /etc/profile does not include any cd-command. Read Igor's reply, he got the point. >>Script may rely on that behaviour. >> >>/etc/profile contains the like >> cd "$HOME" >> >>That line cannot easily be removed. Starting the Cygwin-Link installed >>by the setup wouldn't cd to ~ anymore. This behaviours is liked by most >>users i guess (including my own). >> >>Any suggestions, how the situation could be improved? > > Yep, read the bash manual, learn to use bash. > > [Quote from man bash] That quote didn't say anything about the current workdir. It just said, that /etc/profile is executed. So the question still is, if it is legal to have cd "$HOME" in there. -- 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/
