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Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 10:36:03 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-rcm AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: howto change home path in /etc/passwd
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On Mon, May 12, 2003 at 04:30:53PM +0200, Sylvain DOT Ferriol AT imag DOT fr wrote:
>OK but do you know how to get the username because in the cygwin terminal
>echo $USER or echo $USERNAME works
>but i 'm using a file install.bat which calls 'bash.exe instal.sh'
>and in install.sh:
>
>echo $USER....nothing
>echo $USERNAME....nothing
>
>any suggestions???

1) calm down.

2) "id -un" provides the login name.  You could do something like:

   USER="`id -un`"

   in your script

cgf
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