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From: "Carlo Florendo" <carlo AT astra DOT ph>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: Doesn't chdir to /home/foo when cygwin shell is started
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 13:56:52 +0800
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From: "Xanana Gusmao" 


> 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.

Open /etc/profile with your favorite text editor, and at the end of the file, add

export HOME=/home/foo
cd $HOME


Best Regards,

Carlo
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Carlo Florendo
Astra Philippines, Inc.
URL: www.astra.ph www.astra.co.jp
 



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