Defining aliases in Cygwin under Windows

Question

I am trying to define some aliases in cygwin, but with no success. I am doing so like this at the end of the .bashrc file.

alias foo=\'pwd\'
         


        

Answer 1

It works as explained from cygwin:

Create a file ".profile" in your windows home dir. This will load every time when you start cygwin.

You can edit the file with your alias or you can source the .bashrc.

If you'll source, insert "source .bashrc" and save .bashrc also in your windows home dir. Now you can start editing the .bashrc.