Doesn't chdir to /home/foo when cygwin shell is started

[Carlo Florendo]

"Xanana Gusmao" <legolas_sindarin@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:bdogne$f1g$1@main.gmane.org...
> I installed cygwin on W2K but this time; it doesn't chdir to my homedir (
> C:\cygwin\home\foo ) when the shell is activated. I've tried to "cd ~" but
> to no avail. How do I inform the shell about my homedir ?


export HOME=<your home directory>

Is your username foo?




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