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Re: 1.7.7: bash --login does not read my ~/.profile


On 2011-02-12 16:27Z, Paul Cantalupo wrote:
> 
> Recently I installed Cygwin on an XP computer at home. But when I
> execute Cygwin.bat (contents below), the bash shell does not read my
> ~/.profile (contents below).

'info bash' says:
    it looks for `~/.bash_profile',
    `~/.bash_login', and `~/.profile', in that order, and reads and
    executes commands from the first one that exists and is readable.
so perhaps you have one of those other files in your home directory?

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