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On 8/5/2015 3:54 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> 
> So the idea was:
> 
>   set HOME=foo		<- ignored, set HOME from passwd DB entry

I agree.

>   set HOME=C:/foo	<- same

I strongly disagree.  In fact I set HOME in the Windows environment
expecting Cygwin to map it correctly so that I can have a common HOME
for multiple installations of Cygwin.  It also allows me to to use
%HOME% in Windows scripts.

>   set HOME=//foo/bar	<- same

I agree.

>   set HOME=/foo/bar	<- valid, taken

I slightly disagree.  It boggles Windows scripts that could make use of
the variable and would only work for scripts where the working directory
device contains /foo/bar.

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