Re: How to specify the user directory OUTSIDE of Cygwin (installation folder)?

2017-09-09 Thread Kptain
I suggest to reuse Windows environment variable: $USERPROFILE Just redefine new home directory: setenv HOME $USERPROFILE/home (for example if you expect a folder outside cygwin folder itself) -- Sent from: http://cygwin.1069669.n5.nabble.com/Cygwin-list-f3.html -- Problem reports:

Re: How to specify the user directory OUTSIDE of Cygwin (installation folder)?

2017-09-09 Thread Corinna Vinschen
[top-posting fixed] On Sep 9 10:31, Jürgen Wagner wrote: > On 09.09.2017 09:53, Marco Atzeri wrote: > > On 09/09/2017 07:06, Ben Stover via cygwin wrote: > >> By default the user folder of Cygwin (under Win7) is in a subdirectory > >> > >> \home\ > > > > from cygwin point of view "/home/" > > > >

Re: How to specify the user directory OUTSIDE of Cygwin (installation folder)?

2017-09-09 Thread Jürgen Wagner
Hi,   of course, you could change something in /etc/passwd to define a new home directory. However, it is good to have the convention of home directories being under one root (at least for non-administrative accounts). Therefore, my preferred solution is to make a symbolic link. /home/USER => /cyg

Re: How to specify the user directory OUTSIDE of Cygwin (installation folder)?

2017-09-09 Thread Marco Atzeri
On 09/09/2017 07:06, Ben Stover via cygwin wrote: By default the user folder of Cygwin (under Win7) is in a subdirectory \home\ from cygwin point of view "/home/" How can I put it into a separate directory OUTSIDE of Cygwin? Example: I installed Cygwin in D:\tools\cygwin\v2\ and want to