RE: Cygwin 1.3.19 Windows 2000 Professional SP3 bash $home /usr/bin/%USERPROFILE%

2003-01-26 Thread Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
At 04:20 PM 1/26/2003, Rolf Campbell wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 4:03 PM > > To: Elfyn McBratney; cygwin; David Christensen > > Subject: Re: Cygwin 1.3.19

RE: Cygwin 1.3.19 Windows 2000 Professional SP3 bash $home /usr/bin/%USERPROFILE%

2003-01-26 Thread Rolf Campbell
> -Original Message- > From: Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 4:03 PM > To: Elfyn McBratney; cygwin; David Christensen > Subject: Re: Cygwin 1.3.19 Windows 2000 Professional SP3 bash > $home /us

Re: Cygwin 1.3.19 Windows 2000 Professional SP3 bash $home /usr/bin/%USERPROFILE%

2003-01-26 Thread Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
At 02:04 AM 1/26/2003, Elfyn McBratney wrote: > > > > I would still prefer that Cygwin Bash work correctly from a clean > > install. > >It does for some :-) Elfyn, I think you're being too kind in this case. David's comment here seems to completely miss the point made earlier. The problem is cl

Re: Cygwin 1.3.19 Windows 2000 Professional SP3 bash $home /usr/bin/%USERPROFILE%

2003-01-25 Thread Elfyn McBratney
> 1. Cygwin Bash reports the present working directory as: > > dpchrist@w2k30g ~ > $ pwd > /usr/bin/%USERPROFILE% > > 2. Yet Windows Explorer does not show any folder named "bin", much less > "bin\%USERPROFILE%" under "C:\cygwin\usr". The usr/bin or usr\bin folder is norm

Re: Cygwin 1.3.19 Windows 2000 Professional SP3 bash $home /usr/bin/%USERPROFILE%

2003-01-25 Thread Elfyn McBratney
> Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Environment > Variables shows: > > HOMEC:\Documents and Settings\dpchrist > > I believe that is correct. IIRC windows only really uses HOME{DRIVE,PATH}. Is that (HOME) set up in the system variabes or the user variables section

Re: Cygwin 1.3.19 Windows 2000 Professional SP3 bash $home /usr/bin/%USERPROFILE%

2003-01-25 Thread David Christensen
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: "Igor Pechtchanski" wrote on Saturday, January 25, 2003 9:15 PM: > ... Start->Settings->Control Panels->System ... HOME environment > variable ... Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Environment Variables shows: HOMEC:\Documents and Settings\dpc

Re: Cygwin 1.3.19 Windows 2000 Professional SP3 bash $home /usr/bin/%USERPROFILE%

2003-01-25 Thread Randall R Schulz
Igor, David, At 21:15 2003-01-25, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: David, Wow, you've really done your homework :-D I was thinking the same thing. Would that everyone was so diligent, eh? Apparently, Dia has reset your HOME environment variable. The default /etc/profile sets HOME only if it's not

Re: Cygwin 1.3.19 Windows 2000 Professional SP3 bash $home /usr/bin/%USERPROFILE%

2003-01-25 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
David, Wow, you've really done your homework :-D Apparently, Dia has reset your HOME environment variable. The default /etc/profile sets HOME only if it's not set before, and since Cygwin processes inherit the Windows environment, well... In any case, uninstallers rarely change back the environ