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RE: Login Message.


On 28 June 2007 02:42, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:

> Andre Xavier wrote:
> 
> <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>.  Thanks.
> 
>> Larry,
>> I tried '/etc/motd' yet and isn't work.
>> In my case that message is showed when I start o cygwin (cygwin.bat),
>> and '/etc/motd' is used when you open a new login from cygwin.
> 
> Very true.  I didn't know how you were starting Cygwin.  If you're just
> using 'cygwin.bat' and it's not obvious by looking at that file, you
> should check out the standard suspects like ~/.bash_login, ~/.bash_profile,
> /etc/profile, and other scripts that are sourced as part of a login shell.
> See the bash's man page for all the details.

  Sounds like he needs a bit of 

grep 'how are you' ~/.* /etc/*


    cheers,
      DaveK
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