Can I rename my C:\Cygwin64 directory to C:\Cygwin?

[Andrey Repin]

Greetings, Jim Reisert AD1C!

> Now that Cygwin x86 is nearing/has reached end-of-life, I would like
> to rename my C:\Cygwin64 directory to C:\Cygwin.

> Other than updating my Windows environment variable (CYGROOT), are
> there any "gotchas" in doing this?  I already have a D:\Home directory
> specified in /etc/nsswitch.conf so I'm not expecting the move to break
> that.

Please look for my earlier message[1](thread) regarding installation path
changes for provided PowerShell script.

> Where does setup.exe get its information from?  Is there a .ini file
> that I will need to edit?

Whoever it gets the information, you could easily change it the first time you
update the installation at the new place.
Consider it a non-issue.
The rest of the information is taken from `$InstallPath/etc/setup`

> My main concern is that the Cygwin Perl installer may get confused.  I
> currently have this in my Cygwin environment.  It doesn't appear that
> such a change will be a problem:

>  
> PERL5LIB=/cygdrive/d/Home/perl5/lib/perl5:/cygdrive/d/Home/perl5/lib/perl5:/cygdrive/d/Home/perl5/lib/perl5

> Is there anything else I'm missing?

Depends on your setup, existing symlink targets may be a problem.

[1] https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2022-August/thread.html#252113


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With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Thursday, November 17, 2022 21:18:24

Sorry for my terrible english...