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From: "Lee Maschmeyer" <lee_maschmeyer AT wayne DOT edu>
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Subject: re: HOME environment variable set in Windows
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 15:17:53 -0500
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No need to unset Windows variables, just set it in cygwin.bat. Something 
like:

set HOME=c:\cygwin\home\myid

gets turned into

$HOME=/home/myid

-- 
Lee Maschmeyer
Wayne State University Computing Center
5925 Woodward, #281
Detroit MI 48202
USA


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