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From: "Michael A Chase" <mchase AT ix DOT netcom DOT com>
To: "Benoit Rochefort" <Benoit DOT Rochefort AT gerad DOT ca>
Cc: "Cygwin AT Cygwin. Com" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: $HOME Directory Relocation
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 13:25:37 -0800
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Benoit Rochefort" <Benoit DOT Rochefort AT gerad DOT ca>
To: "Laurence F. Wood" <LaurenceWood AT sunyatasystems DOT com>
Cc: "Cygwin AT Cygwin. Com" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 13:11
Subject: Re: $HOME Directory Relocation


> Since no login occurs, place it in your batch file calling bash, or in
> /etc/profile like I do. Here is my /etc/profile that correct many such
> environment variable problems I found over the time:

The problem with setting HOME to a fixed value in cygwin.bat or /etc/profile
is that limits your cygwin installation to a single user.  That's why the
default /etc/profile allows $HOME to be passed through from the user's
Windows environment.

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