Directory c:\%USERPROFILE% created
Oliver Geisen
technik@kreisbote.de
Mon Jun 13 14:39:00 GMT 2005
Hi,
>> i was wandering about strange folders created in the root directory of
>> my Cygwin-Enhanced PCs and found out
>> that everytime i start installer programs from within a cygwin shell,
>> a
>> folder called %USERPROFILE% is created
>> in the base directory of the pc's harddisk.
>
> Sure it's not something you're doing? The variable is certainly
> available when running the shell with cygwin.bat. And even when
> starting, say, tcsh directly from explorer, the variable is there,
> right in the environment.
I tested this again. After starting a "local" bash (local means i start
it via doubleclick from within windows) i can see a "USERPROFILE"
env.-var.
If i do this in an bash started remotely (via sshd) i can't see it
anymore.
So i think this variable comes from Explorer of whatever and is not
initialized
within a ssh-shell session.
This is also reflected by "cygpath -D" which outputs
"/cygdrive/c/%USERPROFILE%/Desktop".
I found no trace where this var is set, so please give me a hint.
Thanks,
Oliver Geisen
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