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Re: Setting $HOME for Windows
On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 07:00:24PM -0000, Dave Korn wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Chris Herborth
> > Sent: 23 December 2004 18:27
>
> > George wrote:
> > > I remember reading some time ago a vague admonition against manually
> > > setting $HOME as a Windows environment variable.
> >
> > I set mine to something sensible (usually d:\home or d:\home\userid)
> > before installing Cygwin; I've never had any trouble.
> > Perhaps the issue is with the spaces in the default $USERPROFILE?
>
>
> The issue is that on a Unix system, you set your home dir by editing
> /etc/passwd. Leave the windoze environment alone.
>
Well, I'd like to leave the windoze environment alone, but that's where
my stuff is, and c:/cygwin/home/myname/mystuff/morestuff is too much
typing.
My question related not to the method by which $HOME is set for use by
Cygwin, but to any possible problems having a $HOME variable set in the
Windows environment, either pre-install or post-install.
Judging from the other replies, I'll assume that everything is hunky
dorey with idea.
--
George
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