Is there windows equivalent of the .bashrc file in linux?

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Just discovered doskey emacs=emacs -nw $*, but without something like .bashrc, I'll have to type that every time I start a shell, right?

asked May 23 '10 at 10:44

herrturtur

	(g)Vim > Emacs! – ThiefMaster May 23 '10 at 10:45
	This question isn't identical, but the answer covers your scenario. – Marcelo Cantos May 23 '10 at 10:51

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This is a very good question. I found this. I suppose you could make a cmd script and have it run when starting cmd :-?

; Run a command when CMD.exe starts
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor]
"AutoRun"=-

EDIT: I just tried it. I have AutoRun=C:\mini\bashrc.cmd and bashrc.cmd is

@echo off
set TEST_VAR=something

when I start cmd and enter echo %TEST_VAR% it says something. So it works :)

answered May 23 '10 at 10:53

nc3b
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Small snippet I use: doskey∙♦=exit (where ♦ is [char]4). Enables you to close the shell with Ctrl+D, Enter. – Joey May 23 '10 at 12:13

@Johannes Rössel Nice one, thanks :-) – nc3b May 23 '10 at 12:19

This work great, nice job nc3b. – Robert S Ciaccio Jul 28 '10 at 3:57

This is absolutely amazing +1 – Mehrdad Jun 11 '11 at 20:15

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You can create a shortcut to cmd.exe and add the /k switch to run a certain .bat file on startup, something like this:

cmd.exe /k "%HOMEDRIVE%\%HOMEPATH%\cmd-startup.bat"

cmd-startup.bat in your home dir would then work just like .bashrc

answered May 23 '10 at 10:56

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