Ive been trying to set the home variable.
i want home to be c:\cygwin\home\
ive tried setting this in the .bat files and in .bashrc but it doesnt work. If i type echo $HOME i get this
/cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/UserName
Ive read that its in /etc/passwd where it actually looks for the home directory, but what do you chage? How can i set it so when i start the bash its starts in the right directory?
Any help will be appreciated!
In /etc/passwd find the entry for your userid and the next to the last field is your home directory. Change this to be /home/your_user_id_here where your_user_id_here is your user id. This will set the $HOME variable to be "/home/your_user_id_here, which is probably what you want rather than c:\cygwin\home.
If you have the default mounts done and have installed to the default location of c:\cygwin, then this will be the "preferred" (tm) location.
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