Hi, I installed Cygwin (cygwin_NT-5.1) on my lap, but I can not find .bash_profile, I did a ls -al and it doesnt appear, I can only see .bash_history and some other hidden files. Did I something wrong in the installation, I know I did something wrong, but can not find out what. Is there any way I can get this file, what do I nedd to do ? Is there someone who can help ? Thanks a lot ! Don´t freak out until you know the facts...Relax...!

I'm not a Cygwin guy, but 'ls -al' only searches the current directory. Try using find from the current directory to search the directory tree: find . -name .bash_profile -print

Just after opening a Cygwin shell you should be in your home directory. I just checked two Cygwin installs, and .bash_profile seems to have been created automatically. So something does not seem right. Does everything else work OK?

Check that there is a .bash_profile in /etc/skel which should be a template for home directories when creating users. There may also be a system wide bash profile under /etc (it wont be hidden, ie without the leading ".")

Thanks Nails and all of you, I found it by doing a find . -name .bash_profile -print it was on ./cygwin/etc/skel/.bash_profile And sorry for answering so late... was busy with some other stuff. Don´t freak out until you know the facts...Relax...!