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From: "Virginia Mann" <tuanglen AT hotmail DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: cd'ing to /
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 04:36:39 +0000
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I don't know whether this is a cygwin question or just a pure unix question. 
I don't know as much as I should about either one yet.

My "/" is mounted at C:\cygwin, which is sensible. The FAQ warns us that 
making / point at C:\ is a bad idea.

Unfortunately, when I type "cd" with no modifiers or "cd ~", it takes me to 
/cygdrive/c, which is C:\. So, my home for some reason is the root of the 
whole C: drive, which seems just as error prone to me as if "/" were there.

I've installed Cygwin on two machines, and the first one made / (=C:\cygwin) 
my home directory. I don't know why this one gave me a different home (I 
thought I just accepted the defaults in both installations, but I may have 
been distracted and made a mistake), but I'd like to change it.

How do I change my home to the Cygwin root?

Thanks.





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