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Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:45:11 -0500
From: "Mirko Vukovic" <mirko DOT vukovic AT gmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: How to set default startup directory for cygwin
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On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Glen Mazza <glen DOT mazza AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
>  I looked in the FAQ and could not find the answer to this question, so
>  am asking here.  Whenever I start cygwin, I need to cd several levels
>  down to the only directory that I care about when using cygwin.  How
>  can I get cygwin to start in this particular directory by
>  default...i.e., each time I start Cygwin it will be in that directory
>  already?  Cygwin seems to ignore the "Start In: " option in the
>  Windows Preferences for this application.
>
>  Thanks,
>  Glen
>
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The way I have it setup (speaking from memory, as it was done ages
ago) to start in "my documents" folder, is:

- I have a mount point /home defined to point to "my documents" folder
(that is done within cygwin, see the manual)
- I have the windows environment variable HOME also pointing to "my
documents" folder (that is done from the windows xp control
panel/system/advanced)

hth

Mirko

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