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Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 11:43:10 -0400
From: Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
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To: Bill Pfeiffer <pfeiffer AT arbfile DOT org>
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Subject: Re: Windows home path
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OK, so either HOME is set in your Windows environment to this, it's
set this way in your /etc/passwd, or your user ID isn't in /etc/passwd.
Unset HOME in our Windows environment and/or run mkpasswd as appropriate
for your environment.  Change the home directory there to be what you
want/need if you're still getting the "wrong" thing.  In this case, that
would be because you're getting the home defined in your Windows profile.

Larry

Bill Pfeiffer wrote:

> When I start cygwin from the installed cygwin batch file, it uses
> C:\Documents and Settings\username  (where username is my current logged in
> windows username) as my home directory.  As I stated before, I can change it
> by modifying the HOME env var in the batch file, but this doesn't seem like
> a good long term solution.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bill
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Larry Hall" <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
> To: "Bill Pfeiffer" <pfeiffer AT arbfile DOT org>
> Cc: "Cygwin" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 6:48 PM
> Subject: Re: Windows home path
> 
> 
> 
>>Bill Pfeiffer wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Anyone know why the latest cygwin uses a path with spaces in it
>>>(C:\Documents and Settings\username) for its home when it doesn't
> 
> support
> 
>>>spaces in paths?
>>
>>
>>Where exactly do you see this path being used?
>>
>>-- 
>>Larry Hall                              http://www.rfk.com
>>RFK Partners, Inc.                      (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
>>838 Washington Street                   (508) 893-9889 - FAX
>>Holliston, MA 01746
>>
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