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Re: Loginscript
* Andreas Pfister (Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:05:56 +0100)>
> I have a question regarding the startup procedure of cygwin.
Cygwin is not an application. You cannot "start" Cygwin.
> I tried to put an .login file into my home folder with an simple
> command in it an suggested that this will be executed after starting
> up cygwin but nothing happened.
Cygwin is not an application. You cannot "start" Cygwin. You probably
started a (bash) shell.
> Any ideas or approaches to get that work ?
Read the man page of your shell. Especially the section about files at
the end.
Thorsten
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