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Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 11:48:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
To: "Pierre A. Humblet" <Pierre DOT Humblet AT ieee DOT org>
cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: HOME
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On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Pierre A. Humblet wrote:

> Igor,
>
> > Actually, the default /etc/profile simply sets $HOME to /home/$USER.
>
> I don't think that's true anymore. /etc/profile should contain an
> explanation of how HOME is set (it is always set by Cygwin).
>
> I am not in a position to check, hence the personnal
> message to avoid spreading confusion.
>
> Pierre

Pierre,

(getting this back onto the list)

Yep, you're quite right.  I was looking at my own (heavily edited)
/etc/profile, forgetting that it wouldn't have been overwritten by newer
versions on upgrade.

The following is from /etc/defaults/etc/profile in base-files-1.3-1:

# Here is how HOME is set, in order of priority, when starting from Windows
# 1) From existing HOME in the Windows environment, translated to a Posix path
# 2) from /etc/passwd, if there is an entry with a non empty directory field
# 3) from HOMEDRIVE/HOMEPATH
# 4) / (root)

So, I apologize for the misinformation.  Thanks for the correction.
	Igor
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