X-Recipient:	archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com
X-Spam-Check-By:	sourceware.org
Message-ID:	<f60fe000810240709p13937d4bke4d706faca5a611b@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:09:44 -0400
From:	"Mark J. Reed" <markjreed AT gmail DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: A $ in my path...
In-Reply-To:	<20149694.post@talk.nabble.com>
MIME-Version:	1.0
References:	<20132275 DOT post AT talk DOT nabble DOT com> <D1CE63BB766844448B4A8CDC82658DE4020CB9AB42 AT NALASEXMB03 DOT na DOT qualcomm DOT com> <20149694 DOT post AT talk DOT nabble DOT com>
X-IsSubscribed:	yes
Mailing-List:	contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Id:	<cygwin.cygwin.com>
List-Unsubscribe:	<mailto:cygwin-unsubscribe-archive-cygwin=delorie DOT com AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Subscribe:	<mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive:	<http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post:	<mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help:	<mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs>
Sender:	cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To:	mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com

Sid Manning> Would this work?
SM> cd /home
SM> ln -s $HOME/csmith
SM> cd csmith
SM> export HOME=`pwd`

Problematic Routes> This worked nicely, and so I've added it to my
.bashrc - thanks!

I recommend protecting it to avoid repeating the process and getting
broken links; this should work (and also leaves $HOME alone if any of
the steps fail):

case "$HOME" in
   *$*)  cd /home &&  ln -s "$HOME" ./csmith && cd ./csmith && HOME="${PWD}";;
esac





> Andrew
> --
> View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/A-%24-in-my-path...-tp20132275p20149694.html
> Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>
>
> --
> Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
> Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
> Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
> FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/
>
>



-- 
Mark J. Reed <markjreed AT gmail DOT com>

--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/

- Raw text -