If you are using bash it's done by /etc/profile, normally based on the contents of /etc/passwd. If you have set the windows environment variable HOME, it is passed through.
Short answer: set HOME in your windows per user environment. -- Mac :}) ** I normally forward private questions to the appropriate mail list. ** Ask Smarter: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.htm Give a hobbit a fish and he eats fish for a day. Give a hobbit a ring and he eats fish for an age. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurence F. Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Cygwin@Cygwin. Com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 13:09 Subject: $HOME Directory Relocation > I needed to relocate the $HOME directory to another disk volume. Under > linux the login process sets this. Who/what sets $HOME under cygwin? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
