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From: "Markus Hoenicka" <Markus DOT Hoenicka AT uth DOT tmc DOT edu>
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Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 21:17:15 +0000
To: "Laurence F. Wood" <LaurenceWood AT SunyataSystems DOT Com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: $HOME Directory Relocation
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Look at /etc/profile. This uses $HOME if it is set under Windows,
otherwise it uses /home/$USER. You can certainly tweak this to your
needs.

A simpler option may be to mount your new disk on /home, then you
don't have to fiddle with $HOME.

regards,
Markus

Laurence F. Wood writes:
 > Hello,
 > 
 > I needed to relocate the $HOME directory to another disk volume.  Under
 > linux the login process sets this.  Who/what sets $HOME under cygwin?
 > 
 > 
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