X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <49088593.6090108@cygwin.com> Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:47:31 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.16) Gecko/20080723 Fedora/2.0.0.16-1.fc8 Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.16 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: reseting HOME directory References: <20217298 DOT post AT talk DOT nabble DOT com> <20229675 DOT post AT talk DOT nabble DOT com> In-Reply-To: <20229675.post@talk.nabble.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 mcbenus wrote: > I did so and it worked! I am still a little concerned about what other > software on my PC will be effected by this modification. Also, when I open > cmd and type 'set HOME' , I still get the previous HOME directory. Does > that make sense? Not for a new cmd.exe window opened after the change has been applied, no. > isn't it supposed to show me the new HOME? Yes. I'd still recommend reviewing your installed software to see what might have set this in the first place. If you don't need it, just get rid of it. As you said before, you were running fine without it (with /home/USER) until "one day" when it changed. If you revisit what you installed (and perhaps even subsequently uninstalled) at that time, you will know whether you need to be concerned with setting HOME, where, and how. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/