X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:45:11 -0500 From: "Mirko Vukovic" To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: How to set default startup directory for cygwin In-Reply-To: <52deb1e0802180634h5a228bclc7a621fa1e4f7c7@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <52deb1e0802180634h5a228bclc7a621fa1e4f7c7@mail.gmail.com> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Glen Mazza wrote: > Hello, > > I looked in the FAQ and could not find the answer to this question, so > am asking here. Whenever I start cygwin, I need to cd several levels > down to the only directory that I care about when using cygwin. How > can I get cygwin to start in this particular directory by > default...i.e., each time I start Cygwin it will be in that directory > already? Cygwin seems to ignore the "Start In: " option in the > Windows Preferences for this application. > > Thanks, > Glen > > -- > 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/ > > The way I have it setup (speaking from memory, as it was done ages ago) to start in "my documents" folder, is: - I have a mount point /home defined to point to "my documents" folder (that is done within cygwin, see the manual) - I have the windows environment variable HOME also pointing to "my documents" folder (that is done from the windows xp control panel/system/advanced) hth Mirko -- 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/