I created a new task
{Bash}
passed my home directory
/dir "C:\Users\TMB\"
and added bash as an application
C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe
When I open Bash, it is unable to use the basic UNIX/Cygwin utilities. How do I configure ConEmu to run Cygwin Bash?
Windows – How to configure ConEmu to run Cygwin Bash
bashconemucygwin;windows 7
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From the manual,
When Bash is invoked as an interactive login shell, or as a non-interactive shell with the --login option, it first reads and executes commands from the file /etc/profile, if that file exists.
/etc/profile by default contains the following code:
# Make sure we start in home unless invoked by CHERE
if [ ! -z "${CHERE_INVOKING}" ]; then
unset CHERE_INVOKING
else
cd "${HOME}" || echo "WARNING: Failed attempt to cd into ${HOME}!"
fi
So one solution would be to create a Windows batch file that sets the environment variable CHERE_INVOKING before starting bash. That is not very neat.
Next,
After reading that file, it looks for ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bash_login, and ~/.profile, in that order, and reads and executes commands from the first one that exists and is readable.
These profile scripts by default execute your ~/.bashrc script if it exists. Putting cd - at the end of my .bashrc works for me (with the latest Console2 and Cygwin bash):
echo 'cd -' >> ~/.bashrc
BTW, I invoke Console2 (Console.exe) with no arguments - Windows Explorer ensures that it starts up in the directory that I right-clicked. I'm using XP but I doubt MS would change this behavior in later versions of Windows. I also leave the "startup dir" option blank for my Bash tab.
The "Cygwin Terminal" one runs Mintty, a terminal emulator installed by default by Cygwin.
The other one just executes bash.exe from within another shell (a Windows Command Prompt, another Mintty instance, RXVT).
They both run the same Cygwin setup. It's simply a matter of preference as Mintty is more customizable than the default Windows Command Prompt.
Example:
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This might helps others.
It looks like version 140310 of ConEmu automatically detects CygWin Bash.
If you've installed Cygwin after you installed ConEmu, you'll need to Reload... your list of Tasks.
You should now see {CygWin bash} as one of your options in the list of predefined tasks:
PS -- If this method doesn't work, try resetting your ConEmu settings (click the Reset... button at the bottom of your Settings window).