Cygwin terminal / shell session in mobaxterm

I have (64-bit) Cygwin install on my Windows machine; and I'm also using mobaxterm 12.4.

How do I get my mobaxterm to...

  • Start a Cygwin shell session? Or better yet
  • Use Cygwin as the default when launching a "Local Terminal"?
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1 Answer

The trick is to use a CMD terminal that starts a cygwin BASH session upon startup, as follows (adapt the cygwin location and the user to your situation):

MobaXterm | Session | Shell | Terminal Shell: Cmd | Advanced Shell Settings | Execute:
set HOME=/home/<user>;
C:\\Localdata\\cygwin64\\bin\\bash --login

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