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From: Oliver Geisen <technik AT kreisbote DOT de>
Subject: Re: Directory c:\%USERPROFILE% created
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 16:16:18 +0200
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Hi,

>> i was wandering about strange folders created in the root directory of
>> my Cygwin-Enhanced PCs and found out
>> that everytime i start installer programs from within a cygwin shell, 
>> a
>> folder called %USERPROFILE% is created
>> in the base directory of the pc's harddisk.
>
> Sure it's not something you're doing?  The variable is certainly
> available when running the shell with cygwin.bat.  And even when
> starting, say, tcsh directly from explorer, the variable is there,
> right in the environment.

I tested this again. After starting a "local" bash (local means i start
it via doubleclick from within windows) i can see a "USERPROFILE" 
env.-var.

If i do this in an bash started remotely (via sshd) i can't see it 
anymore.
So i think this variable comes from Explorer of whatever and is not 
initialized
within a ssh-shell session.
This is also reflected by "cygpath -D" which outputs 
"/cygdrive/c/%USERPROFILE%/Desktop".

I found no trace where this var is set, so please give me a hint.

Thanks,

Oliver Geisen
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