How can I specify home directory.
Thorsten Kampe
thorsten@thorstenkampe.de
Wed Dec 22 14:08:00 GMT 2004
* niac78@free.fr (2004-12-22 09:59 +0100)
> I have a different Cygwin home directory than the common C:\Documents and
> Settings\username. It was no problem to specify the "set HOME=C:\myHome" in the
> cygwin.bat.
>
> The problem comes when a postinstall script tries to modify files in the home
> directory. setup.exe understands $HOME or ~ as "C:\Documents and
> Settings\username". Is there a way to specify the new home directory to
> setup.exe?
RTFFAQ
> Thanks for your help.
My pleasure.
Thorsten
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