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Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:55:24 -0500
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Subject: Re: bash 3.2.49(23): when I start a bash window, $HOME is the DOS  	value rather than /home/lwv27
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On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 13:47, Dave Korn
<dave DOT korn DOT cygwin AT googlemail DOT com> wrote:
> =C2=A0The home dir won't just appear when you update mkpasswd; you have t=
o start a
> new shell, when the /etc/profile startup script notices your home dir set=
ting
> doesn't exist it'll kick of the creation process for you.
>
> =C2=A0For the full explanation, see:
> http://cygwin.com/1.7/faq/faq.setup.html#faq.setup.home

Larry:

Dave is right.  Creating a new shell is a much better way to get the
home directory created.  Here is an excerpt from /etc./profile.

50 # If the home directory doesn't exist, create it.
51 if [ ! -d "${HOME}" ]; then
52     mkdir -p "${HOME}"
53     echo "Copying skeleton files."
54     echo "These files are for the user to personalise"
55     echo "their cygwin experience."
56     echo
57     echo "These will never be overwritten."
58     echo
59     cd /etc/skel
60     /bin/find . -type f | while read f; do
61         fDest=3D`echo ${f} | sed -e 's/^\.//g'`
62         if [ ! -e "${HOME}${fDest}" -a ! -L "${HOME}${fDest}" ]; then
63             /usr/bin/install -D -p -v "${f}" "${HOME}/${fDest}"
64         fi
65     done
66 fi

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