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G. Huang wrote:

> So my question is: Is there a way to change the home directory on the XP
> machine to c:\cygwin\home\gang? Or alternatively, get around the space
> problem?

http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.setup.html#faq.setup.home

In /etc/passwd, set the the user home directory field to the desired
value, ex.
/cygdrive/c/home/gang.

The workaround for the problem with spaces in paths is to not have
spaces in paths - as the FAQ has already told you. One possible way to
achieve this is to use the 8.3-style-version of the path. For example,
the user home directory field in /etc/passwd for my main account is set to
/cygdrive/c/DOKUME~1/mks/Home
(i. e. pointing to C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\mks\Home) and I have
never had any problems with this setting.

Regards
  mks

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