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 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Thorsten Kampe Subject: Re: How can I specify home directory. Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 15:08:09 +0100 Lines: 17 Message-ID: <8ykw344fp5xd$.dlg@thorstenkampe.de> References: <1103705990 DOT 41c937868423c AT imp2-q DOT free DOT fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet AT sea DOT gmane DOT org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: p508cdb50.dip0.t-ipconnect.de User-Agent: 40tude_Dialog/2.0.14.1de X-IsSubscribed: yes * niac78 AT free DOT fr (2004-12-22 09:59 +0100) > I have a different Cygwin home directory than the common C:\Documents and > Settings\username. It was no problem to specify the "set HOME=C:\myHome" in the > cygwin.bat. > > The problem comes when a postinstall script tries to modify files in the home > directory. setup.exe understands $HOME or ~ as "C:\Documents and > Settings\username". Is there a way to specify the new home directory to > setup.exe? RTFFAQ > Thanks for your help. My pleasure. Thorsten -- 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/