X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org From: Jeff Hawk To: "cygwin AT cygwin DOT com" Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:23:16 -0500 Subject: RE: redefining $HOME Message-ID: References: <461A5613 DOT 7000101 AT gmail DOT com> In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Envelope-From: X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id l3AINwjL009802 What I do is to always use the "short name" version of the directories in $HOME and $PATH. It's a little bit of a pain because some programs put the long name in the path when they install, so every time I update iTunes (for example) I have to fix the path. The short names are still available on Windows 2000 and XP (Vista?). --Jeff > -----Original Message----- > From: Cygwin On Behalf > Of Eric Backus > Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 1:04 PM > To: > Subject: Re: redefining $HOME > > Gustavo Seabra gmail.com> writes: > > > Hi all, > > > > I was wondering if it is possible to use the windows folder "My > > Documents" or even "C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME" (or some dir > > inside those) as the hoe directory in Cygwin. I though about > > substituting the user directory inside /home by a symlink to one of the > > above. Is there any reason that wouldn't work? Is there a better way to > > do it? > > > > The reason I am thinking about it is just practical: I want to have all > > my files (Windows or Cygwin) under one root. > > > > Thanks a lot > > > > Gustavo. > > Yes, you can do this. I've done this for years by > putting "/cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/ericjb/My Documents" > into /etc/passwd. This works well, though every once in awhile you might > find > a shell script which doesn't correctly handle spaces in paths. (Such a > script > is broken, and should be fixed.) I can't even remember the last time I > ran > into that though, most scripts don't use $HOME. > > -- > Eric > > > > -- -- 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/