----- Original Message ----- From: "Benoit Rochefort" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Laurence F. Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Cygwin@Cygwin. Com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 13:11 Subject: Re: $HOME Directory Relocation
> Since no login occurs, place it in your batch file calling bash, or in > /etc/profile like I do. Here is my /etc/profile that correct many such > environment variable problems I found over the time: The problem with setting HOME to a fixed value in cygwin.bat or /etc/profile is that limits your cygwin installation to a single user. That's why the default /etc/profile allows $HOME to be passed through from the user's Windows 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. -- 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/
