Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com From: "Dave Korn" To: , Subject: RE: Setting $HOME for Windows Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 19:00:24 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Dec 2004 19:00:24.0609 (UTC) FILETIME=[A8A98110:01C4E921] > -----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. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- 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/