Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Reply-To: Cygwin List Message-Id: <6.1.0.6.0.20040901145756.03493010@pop.prospeed.net> X-Sender: Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 14:59:33 -0400 To: "Tom Plane" , From: Larry Hall Subject: Re: change opening path In-Reply-To: <000a01c49042$9c03ea00$6f05a8c0@seeall> References: <000a01c49042$9c03ea00$6f05a8c0 AT seeall> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 12:41 PM 9/1/2004, you wrote: >When I open the shell and check the path (pwd) it's reply is >/cygdrive/h. The H drive is my home drive at work. To get to the C drive >(cygdrive/c) I have to cd. >How do I change the opening path from H to C permanently? Set your home path in '/etc/passwd' to the directory you want. Edit the file directly or just use 'mkpasswd -p'. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/