Thanks out to everyone! First, I needed to install an editor. Second, then I edited the home path in /etc/passwd.
All is good. Thanks, Tom -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry Hall Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 11:00 AM To: Tom Plane; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: change opening path At 12:41 PM 9/1/2004, you wrote: >When I open the shell and check the path (pwd) it's reply is >/cygdrive/h. The H drive is my home drive at work. To get to the C >drive >(cygdrive/c) I have to cd. >How do I change the opening path from H to C permanently? Set your home path in '/etc/passwd' to the directory you want. Edit the file directly or just use 'mkpasswd -p'. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
