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From: gilles civario <gilles DOT civario AT cea DOT fr>
Subject: Re: Doesn't chdir to /home/foo when cygwin shell is started
Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 07:23:30 +0200
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Xanana Gusmao wrote:
> My initial HOME var was:
> 
> $ echo $HOME
> C:
> 
> $ export HOME=/home/foo
> Now it works but I need to add this to a startup script or something.
> 
> 
>>Is your username foo?
> 
> 
> yes
> 

You said you use a W2K machine, so :
  - Right-click on "My computer" and select "Properties"
  - Go to "Advanced" and "Environment variables"
  - There, you can set user and system variables; In the
    user section, add HOME C:\cygwin\home\foo.
The names i mentioned are some backward translations of
the one i found on me own French W2K version, so they
can slightly differ in reality.

Gilles



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