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Re: $HOME Directory Relocation
- From: "Michael A Chase" <mchase at ix dot netcom dot com>
- To: "Laurence F. Wood" <LaurenceWood at SunyataSystems dot Com>,"Cygwin at Cygwin dot Com" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 13:08:34 -0800
- Subject: Re: $HOME Directory Relocation
- References: <EIEOJCAKMFMIKEMJNANGIEGJCEAA.LaurenceWood@SunyataSystems.Com>
If you are using bash it's done by /etc/profile, normally based on the
contents of /etc/passwd. If you have set the windows environment variable
HOME, it is passed through.
Short answer: set HOME in your windows per user environment.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Laurence F. Wood" <LaurenceWood@SunyataSystems.Com>
To: "Cygwin@Cygwin. Com" <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 13:09
Subject: $HOME Directory Relocation
> I needed to relocate the $HOME directory to another disk volume. Under
> linux the login process sets this. Who/what sets $HOME under cygwin?
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