RE: xterm -ls -e

["Andrew Braverman" <abraverman at itms dot com>]

This is because you are actually using two shells.  The first is what is run
by xterm and honors the -ls.  The second is run from the first and does not.
What should work is putting a -l after the bash you are running as the
command (ie. run xterm -ls -sl 1000 -sb -rightbar -ms red -fg yellow -bg
black -e /usr/bin/bash -l).  I hope that helps.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Kris Thielemans
> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 11:16 AM
> To: Cygwin-Xfree
> Cc: Kris Thielemans
> Subject: xterm -ls -e
>
>
> Hi
>
> I'm using almost the default startxwin.bat with the following:
>
> start XWin -emulate3buttons
> run xterm -ls -sl 1000 -sb -rightbar -ms red -fg yellow -bg black -e
> /usr/bin/bash
>
> Funnily enough, the xterm I get did NOT run bash as a login
> shell (the -ls
> option), as my ~/.bash_profile hasn't been read (for
> instance, the path is
> not complete). When I delete the -e stuff, i.e. use
>
> run xterm -ls -sl 1000 -sb -rightbar -ms red -fg yellow -bg black
>
> everything is alright. (This only works because bash is the
> default shell on
> cygwin).
>
> In fact, the same problem occurs when running xterm from
> within an existing
> xterm/bash session. Typing
>
> xterm -ls -e /usr/bin/bash
>
> does not read the profile, while
>
> xterm -ls
>
> does. So, I suspect an xterm problem.
>
>
> I'm using NT 4.0 sp6a and a cygwin setup of 30th of August
> (i.e. before the
> 64 bit stuff).
>
> Kris Thielemans
> (kris.thielemans <at> imperial.ac.uk)
> Hammersmith Imanet
> Cyclotron Building
> Hammersmith Hospital
> Du Cane Road
> London W12 ONN, United Kingdom
>
> web site address: http://www.hammersmithimanet.com/~kris
>