Added code to allow one to use my startup scripts by doing source

[clearscm.git] / rc / bash_login

diff --git a/rc/bash_login b/rc/bash_login
index 79d1c60..88d27e0 100644 (file)
--- a/rc/bash_login
+++ b/rc/bash_login
@@ -11,6 +11,22 @@
 # (c) Copyright 2000-2005, Andrew@DeFaria.com, all rights reserved.
 #
 ################################################################################
+# The following will set HOME, temporarily, to the directory of my $HOME so that
+# somebody other than me can envoke my startup scripts. I use this mainly for
+# when I become root with sudo -s and what a better environment that the bare
+# bones root environment gives you. Note that for us to be effective one must
+# source (or .) this file and if so the ${BASH_ARGV[0]} is the normal $0
+home=$(dirname ${BASH_ARGV[0]})
+
+# Strip off .rc
+home=${home/%\/\.rc/}
+
+# Now set $HOME if $home is different.
+saved_home=$HOME
+if [ "$HOME" != "$home" ]; then
+  HOME=$home
+fi
+
 # Set ARCHITECTURE of the machine
 KERNEL=$(uname -s)
 if [[ $KERNEL = CYGWIN* ]]; then
@@ -260,6 +276,9 @@ done
 # Set display to local
 export DISPLAY=${DISPLAY:-:0}
 
+# Reset home in case it changed
+HOME=$saved_home
+
 # Now go home (in case we were not autmatically cd'ed there)
 if [ $(id -u) -ne 0 ]; then
   cd