From: mchase AT ix DOT netcom DOT com ("Michael A. Chase")
Subject: Re: setting HOME
24 Aug 1997 13:56:22 -0700
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I've set $HOME in the environment of each of my NT accounts to
/home/username and it seems to work for BASH.  I don't use emacs.

Mac :})
-----Original Message-----
From: kendall shaw <kshaw AT plight DOT lbin DOT com>
To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>
Date: Thursday, August 21, 1997 22:28
Subject: setting HOME


>1. Emacs wants HOME to have DOS filename conventions. If I set HOME to
>c:/, then when I run bash with PS1='\w ' I get no prompt at root, and
>"./usr" in /usr. Do you know a solution to this?
>
>2. I have multiple accounts on my nt box. I which I could do something
>like HOME=c:/users/%username%, but bash doesn't know what %username% is,
>and cmd bash just runs cmd.
>
>Any suggestions?



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