From: pjfarley AT dorsai DOT org (Peter J. Farley III)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: How to configure /home /usr /etc ...?
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 00:56:54 GMT
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hslama AT datacomm DOT ch (Heribert Slama) wrote:
>Just installed Emacs into my DJGPP environment (GCC, RHIDE, and some
>basic components).
>I'm now confronted with Unix's directory concept (e.g. /~etc). There
>seems to be no introductory text, helping a DOS user to grasp the
>basics of the Unix file system and it's use of special directory
>names. The concept of system variables comes in here, too. I don't
>want to take a complete course on Unix, at least not now (I plan to
>install Linux on my next computer).

Heribert,

I don't know about others, but if you use the DJGPP bash port
(bsh1147b/d/s.zip), you can emulate the unix "~" (i.e., the current
user's "home" directory) by setting an environment variable and
creating a directory structure like this:

x:/usr
      /users
            /(pick a name, I use my initials, pjf3)

where "x:" is your DJGPP drive, and then setting this environment
variable (I do it in a BAT file that invokes bash after setting the
variable, and clears the variable after bash exits):

set HOME=/usr/users/pjf3

This assumes, of course, that you use bash to execute any of the DJGPP
utils, including emacs.  Not everyone wants or needs to do that.  I
do, from personal preference; your choice how you handle it.  If you
do as I do, then the "~" references are translated by bash to the
specified value of the "HOME" variable.

>The Big FAQ covers many diverse topics, but leaves this one out.
>Can anybody give me a hint, where I can find an introductory text?

Sorry, I got my knowledge from OJT (On-the-Job Training) at a prior
employer, so I can't help you there.

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