Addition to the FAQ

[Andrew Markebo]

Here I come with my 'addition to the faq' emails.. this might be
something of interest?? 

        /Andy

/ "Dave Cook" <duck@caveduck.com> wrote:
| [discussion re the proper place to put /usr/X11R6/bin onto $PATH]
| 
| Andrew Markebo wrote...
| > Is /etc/profile _always_ read?? If you just run bash from a
| > command-prompt (not login), isn't it supposed to inherit the
| > environment from where it started.
| 
| That is true.  But anytime you launch a Cygwin bash or sh from the Windows world, you
| really need to use --login to activate the profile machinery.  The purpose of /etc/profile
| etc. is precisely to provide a place for fundamental setup (like the X11 bin path) that
| child processes can inherit.  /etc/profile is the only reliable place to put such
| "universal" settings.