Can I install a msys .bashrc file on a usb drive? [closed]
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21-12-2019 - |
Question
I'm using Git-bash (msys) as my command line tool. I would like to have basic commands like:
export PATH=$PATH:/f/ppython275/App/Scripts
run automatically when I start my shell, but I would like it to be completely self contained, i.e. have the .bashrc file on my usb drive. Is this possible. If so where should I put the .bashrc file
Solution
The .bashrc
must reside in ~
in order for it to be loaded automatically when you start Git-bash.
There are a couple of options:
Create a symbolic link (using
mklink
in Windows). This is only supported on NTFS filesystems and I believe it would work across filesystems.Create a simple
.bashrc
file in your~
that sources the file on the USB drive:source /path/to/USB/based/bashrc
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