X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4A883FC8.7070301@agora-net.com> Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 13:20:08 -0400 From: DY User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (Windows/20090605) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Mark J. Reed" , cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: No etc/passwd (was) Re: (everything!) command not found References: <4A7EE547.1070309@agora-net.com> <4A7F9E88.2060800@cygwin.com> <4A859905.9060206@agora-net.com> <20090814173519.GB10200@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <4A882621.90104@agora-net.com> <4A882963.8010404@agora-net.com> <4A883A2A.4050706@agora-net.com> <4A883CDF.7020904@agora-net.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 76.99.185.129 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: yarringt@agora-net.com X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on mail.agora-net.com); SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Oh, I'm sorry, I meant that the directory my prompt defaults to. I wanted the directory my prompt defaulted to to be my home directory. When I installed cygwin last time the default directory was my home directory, and the prompt showed the directory I was currently in (e.g., my prompt looked like: /home/yarringt$). Now I get as a prompt bash-3.2$ and the directory it starts in is c:/cygwin. I guess my biggest fear is that cygwin is not installed properly, so when I try to install and run perl scripts they won't work. More specifically I want to make sure my paths are set properly, and I would actually like it if I could make it so when I enter cygwin I default to my home directory. I would also like to know if having a passwd and a profile are necessary, and, if so, what should they look like. Less specifically, why didn't cygwin's set up automatically create a passwd and a profile for me when it does for everyone else and what does that indicate about cygwin's being installed properly. Thanks! -Debra Mark J. Reed wrote: > On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 1:07 PM, DY wrote: > >> no - when I was looking at the cygwin icon I was saying the path. >> Sorry for the confusion. >> > > "Here's the deal. My prompt defaults to c:/cygwin and I want > it to default to my home directory (with the path as the prompt)." > > Confusing indeed! So what are you actually trying to accomplish now? > > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple