When you fire up a cygwin shell, it's actually running a DOS-style batch file in a regular Windows Command Shell terminal to launch bash. I suspect the errors are coming from the batch file rather than your bash init scripts.--Levi
I had the same suspicion (sorry I didn't mention it in the original post). However, I haven't ever touched that batch file except to take a look at it a few moments ago. Here are it's contents exactly: @echo off C: chdir C:\cygwin\bin bash --login -i -- Ray tracing rules: http://ray-tracer.blogspot.com /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
