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On Oct 18 14:50, Lee wrote: > >>I am assuming that Windows has decided to make use of the HOME > >>variable which points to my Windows user account folder home. Does > >>Cygwin also use this? Can I make Cygwin use its own so I can repoint > >>it to its original folder? > > > >Try modifying /etc/passwd for "myuseraccount" to point the home directory > >where you want it. > > > >cgf > > This is what is in /etc/passwd > > lsavidge:unused:1001:513:U-Laptop\lsavidge,S-1-5-21-5255265862-4599952367-159522435-1001:/home/lsavidge:/bin/bash > > > So, U-Laptop\lsavidge matches my laptop name and windows user account. > > I assume that this: /home/lsavidge > > Is supposed to be where cygwin goes once loaded? > > How does it get there? Under the directory in C:\Cygwin64\home there > are no subdirectories which I would have expected > C:\Cygwin64\home\lsavidge and for /home/lsavidge to be mapped to that > directory. I assume you have a variable called HOME in your windows environment. If so, remove it and try again. Also, how do you start Cygwin? Do you use the default "Cygwin{64} Terminal" shortcut? If so, this shouldn't happen since the Cygwin terminal (aka mintty) will cd to your home dir as in /etc/passwd when started with the "-" option, as is the case for the Cygwin{64} Terminal shortcut. If you start Cygwin via some self-created shortcut, or if you use the old "Cygwin" shortcut which starts a shell in a console window, the default is to use $HOME from the environment. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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