That's a general bash question, not Cygwin-specific; I recommend looking here:
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/shell/bash/ But the short answer is that bash reads either .bashrc (non-login shell) or .bash_profile (login shell), but not both. If you want the stuff in your .bashrc to be loaded in a login shell, you need to source it explicitly inside your .bash_profile via something like this: . "${HOME}"/.bashrc Also make sure that the .bash files are in your actual home directory, which is usually not /home but /home/YourUserName... -- Mark J. Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- 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/
