From: Earnie B. <ea...@us...> - 2012-10-29 12:55:52
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On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 2:01 AM, Andrew wrote: Please use text mode email to this list and use proper quoting. > > I tried installing MinGW into a separate directory on a completely different > drive, and in a DOS shell I set my path to simply MinGW\msys\1.0\bin and > still got the same results.. bash and sh both have "exit" on the prompt > line, and then exit. > WJFFM, I think you need to look in your Windows environment for potential problems. > > > I also tried installing msyscore-1.0.11-bin into a separate directory and > setting the path to simply msys\bin, and both sh and bash did the same, and > running as per the msys.bat, like: > > > > msys\bin\sh --login -i > > > > I get "logout" on the prompt line and it exits. (if I actually run the > msys.bat file the window appears and goes away too fast to read) > Again something in your Windows environment is getting in the way. > > > The only profile I could find, as you mentioned was the /etc/profile and > didn't see anything obviously logging out or exiting, and both > /msys/etc/profile (from msyscore-1.0.11-bin) and /MinGW/msys/1.0/etc/profile > are identical. > > > > In rxvt, I checked /home/andrew and the only file in there is .inputrc > It is not recommended to use rxvt anymore. The newest versions of MSYS do not start it automatically. > > > However, from within rxvt I can run sh or bash and they load without > exiting, and running "sh --login -i" works fine too. Another indication that something in your Windows environment is getting in the way. -- Earnie -- https://sites.google.com/site/earnieboyd |