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Re: install cygwin in windows xp sp1
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 12:57:48 -0400
- Subject: Re: install cygwin in windows xp sp1
- References: <5272488.post@talk.nabble.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 09:07:31AM -0700, truelies wrote:
>I am new to cygwin. I want to install it in windows xp sp1, but I can find
>the home dictionary, use pwd, it's \cygdrive\r, any way to change it to
>C:\Cygwin\Home\username? Thank you!
Sorry. Cygwin emulates Linux. Linux doesn't use path names like
"c:\cygwin\home\username".
If you don't want to use the type of posix path names that Linux employs
then maybe you shouldn't be using Cygwin.
cgf
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