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RE: /etc/profile always does a "cd $HOME"
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 15:09:07 +0100
- Subject: RE: /etc/profile always does a "cd $HOME"
----Original Message----
>From: Sven Köhler
>Sent: 24 May 2005 04:16
> The file in /etc/defaults/etc/profile has this CHERE_INVOKING thing, but
> for some reason, that file wasn't copied to /etc/profile.
>
> Can you imagine why?
The base files postinstall script refuses to update your /etc/profile if
it isn't identical to the default, so as not to wipe out any local changes
you have made.
cheers,
DaveK
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