Re: FW: Cygwin/home directory?

Hi Lisa,

I need to fix the instructions for sourcing the .cshrc/.bashrc
files. It should be:

   source ~/.cshrc

However, it may be that a home directory was not set up for you when
you installed Cygwin. Please double-check this, and then put the
.cshrc/.bashrc file in this home directory, modify it as documented,
and then log out and log back in to see if the changes you made take
effect.

There are some FAQs that talk about Cygwin and home directories. Please
see:

   http://cs.nyu.edu/~yap/prog/cygwin/FAQs.html
   http://www.mines.edu/~gmurray/HowTo/sshNotes.html
   http://www-cdf.fnal.gov/~cplager/cygwin.html

I believe one common problem is that Cygwin doesn't like for there to
be spaces in the name of your home directory.

--Mary

On Fri, 14 Sep 2007, Lisa Di lorenzo wrote:

>
>
> Hello All,
>
> I'm following the on-line instructions for installing NCL under
> Windows/Cygwin/X
> (http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Download/cygwin.shtml#InstallCygwinX).. I've
> installed Cygwin/X on my PC (with Windows XP), including all of the
> packages in the installation process which I was instructed to by both
> the Cygwin website and by the NCL website installation instructions.
>
> The problem which I am having is at Step 5 in the instructions at the
> above quoted NCL website. The instructions say "to make sure that these
> changes [to .bashrc and .cshrc files] take effect right away, you can
> "source" the files, or completely exit your Cygwin/X window and start it
> up again. Here's how to source the files:"
>
> source .cshrc
>
>
>
> However, when I type this above line into my Cygwin window, then the msg
> reads "bash: .cshrc: no such file or directory".
>
>
>
> Has anyone encountered this problem, or is anyone up to investigating
> this?
>
>
>
> The issue could be related to the fact that I did not have a /home
> directory within my Cygwin file, in which to modify the .cshrc and
> .bashrc files. Instead, I 'found' files called csh.cshrc and
> bash.bashrc in a folder C:\Cygwin\etc and modified these. I then saved
> them under a home directory which I created with a subfolder 'MyName',
> and I saved the modified versions in the etc folder where I found them.
> I also saved them as their original names, and copies with just '.cshrc'
> and '.bashrc' as filenames.
>
>
>
> My computer is set up as follows:
>
>
>
> C:\cyginstall includes setup.exe and an ftp% folder with packages
>
>
>
> C:\Cygwin including the following sub-folders:
>
>
>
> Bin
>
> Cygdrive
>
> Etc
>
> Home (which I created with sub-folder 'MyName')
>
> Lib
>
> Tmp
>
> Usr
>
> Var
>
>
>
>
>
> Could the trouble have something to do with my PATH? I don't really
> understand how to change the PATH or what it means, but when I type DIR
> in the Cygwin window, it displays the contents of my G: drive on my
> computer, not the C: drive.
>
>
>
>
>
> Any suggestions or assistance is VERY appreciated.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Lisa
>
>
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