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Re: recent cygwin update changed $HOME
- From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall at rfk dot com>
- To: Garrett Anderson <garrett at dirsec dot com>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 22:47:12 -0500
- Subject: Re: recent cygwin update changed $HOME
At 03:02 PM 11/18/2001, Garrett Anderson wrote:
>[ apologies if this has already been discussed ]
No apologies necessary. Just check the email archives for the answer.
It was discussed within the last week. Searching for "HOME" and "bash"
should get you a pointer to the pertinent discussions quickly enough.
>Hello --
>
>Up until recent cygwin update, the " virtual root" for cygwin environment was under "/cygdrive/c/cygwin/". Thus, the cygwin environment read the "/cygwin/c/cygwin/etc/passwd" file for shell and $HOME.
>
>After recent update: the "root" has changed to "/cygdrive/c"
>
>Why did this happen and how do I change this to previous?? I have gratuitous shell script / apps / etc. that depend on previous "virtual root". I assume this can now be set via some init. parameter (in bash??).
>
>Please advise -- and why the change?? Thanks -GA
>
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