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Date:  Thu, 09 Mar 2006 01:03:28 +0100
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Igor Peshansky wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Mar 2006, René Berber wrote:
> 
>> Mool wrote:
>>
>>> 1) Cygwin Installed on C:\Cygwin (C: partition win winXP SP2)
>>> 2) First run created /home/$USER in C:\Cygwin
>>>
>>> how to MOVE my home dir in another partition D:, so I'll use
>>> D:\cygwin\home\$USER?
>> cp -rp /cygdrive/c/Cygwin/home/$USER /cygdrive/d/Cygwin/home
> 
> Unless cp has changed in multiple ways, a better idiom would be
> 
> tar -C /home -cf - $USER | tar -C /cygdrive/d/Cygwin/home -xf -
> 
> which will preserve symbolic links, etc.  In both cases, any extra ACLs on
> the files will be lost.  Also, depending on the text vs. binary mode
> settings of /cygdrive and /, there might be issues with that as well.
> 
> It may be better to *move* (not copy) the directory using Windows,
> instead.
> 
>> Edit /etc/passwd changing $USER's line with the new home (i.e. from
>> /home/$USER to /cygdrive/d/Cygwin/home/$USER)
> 
> No reason.  Just "mount -fs D:/cygwin/home/$USER /home/$USER", and you
> won't have to change anything.
> 

Tried 'mount', worked fine.

- I haven't needed -f (force) option.
- The copy was done via Win for easiness, just 2 clicks (cut & paste)

>> _test it_, if it works then you can delete the old home directory.
>>
>> All this is assuming you haven't changed the cygdrive prefix.  And if
>> you do change it in the future the new $HOME will not work, you'll have
>> to edit passwd again.
> 
> HTH,
> 	Igor
> 

Simple and effective.
Thank you all!


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