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From: "Monique Y. Herman" <spam AT bounceswoosh DOT org>
Subject: Re: home directory not created in cygwin installation
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 20:08:33 +0000 (UTC)
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On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 16:08:39 -0400, Ji-Wei Wu <Ji-Wei DOT Wu-1 AT nasa DOT gov> penned:
> My computer runs Windows 2000 Professional.  I verified $USER is correct 
> from cygwin but $HOME was not set during installation (I don't know 
> why).  I also noticed that the file /etc/profile does not seem to have the 
> lines to set HOME (comparing to other people's profile).  Now I have to set 
> HOME every time I start a cygwin shell.  Is there a way I can run the 
> profile to set HOME permanently after installation? Thanks.
> 

On your windows desktop:

Right-click on "My Computer" and go to properties.  Click on "Advanced"
tab.  Punch "Environment Variables" button.  Create new user variable
HOME with value something like C:\cygwin\home\user where user is the
username you want for your home.

-- 
monique


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