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Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 12:57:48 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: install cygwin in windows xp sp1
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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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