X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:reply-to:message-id:to:subject :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=gLksynN1MOR8s/xv ZZicoTWlCCsXKBkCgb14ttjk7V7ngNKzZVWRUiYY1rBADYIzejaQ8uk5RahIkk+8 3B4kGg2OFEaqvkuCZzQdtXDD6/Jls3jS30+2PQCkDU/WmniQGEOkw5crMse1hiyF 91kIyhx4XkZhUfQbQv0dl4pYO8w= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:reply-to:message-id:to:subject :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=RO9nfmOtNlXNsQDZWlUSSU DLsNc=; b=OKwhFWj9if3kTsYxs6M2QQw0ekEwx0terej2ywjsqbBEvQUXNTFwQE 6Iaa5oZvebIhVY+TxwOoE/KC3WS9MpcYJkYYID32jKmaasUOiuDMYo/tj1tV98nM qRG77QCFmnKFTwGjz93Ty6B8K/GxGX4l+sRoE538WSKsna2MUg7yY= 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_THEBAT,SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: smtpback.ht-systems.ru Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 07:21:20 +0400 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: Andrey Repin Message-ID: <496032891.20131019072120@mtu-net.ru> To: Lee Savidge , cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Install puts home in /c/Users In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Greetings, Lee Savidge! > Firstly, why? Why make my cygwin home directory use the same folder > that Windows uses which is full of a load of stuff that Windows needs > to keep? What about opposite question? Why spread the stuff, that is presumable privately yours, across untold amount of directories? Why not keep it in your private profile directory, that is intended to hold your private profile stuff? > Secondly, how can I put it back as it used to be so that when I opened > bash it defaulted to my home directory which was mapped to > /cygdrive/c/cygwin64/home/myuseraccount > I know I could put in the bashrc file a cd which changes directory to > the home directory under cygwin but that means my real home directory > is still under /users which isn't what I want. > Once I've sorted that I will be a happy bunny. I've looked through the > mailing lists and I can't find anything that helps but then I might > not be searching for the right terminology. > After that my next job is to get rid of the /cygdrive mount points. It > just makes typing Windows paths unnecessarily long winded. This is as easy as uncommenting and editing a single line in /etc/fstab Strange that you are still struggling with such a simple issue. -- WBR, Andrey Repin (anrdaemon AT yandex DOT ru) 19.10.2013, <07:18> Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple