On 2015-02-13 22:04, Warren Young wrote: > >> On Feb 13, 2015, at 11:30 AM, Denis Excoffier <cyg...@denis-excoffier.org> >> wrote: >> >> I tried (according to the new documentation): >> >> db_home: /%H/%U/cygdir >> >> and that was fine but %H was replaced by the >> /cygdrive/C/Document and Settings/<user> prefix > > I don’t think you should use %H when that directory might contain spaces. > It’s likely to cause many problems.
You misunderstand. I don't need this stupid 'Document and Settings' thing. I need %H to represent my home dir, that means /cygdrive/d/Home/myuser1 on this XP P3 (a corporate one) and /cygdrive/c/Users/myuser2 on this W7 (another corporate). That way, using %H/%U/cygdir under both architectures would generate the right thing. But currently, on XP SP3, the %H is replaced by '/cygdrive/d/Document and Settings/myuser1' which i'm pretty close to consider as a bug. Should be '/cygdrive/d/Home/myuser1' i suppose. > > I may be misunderstanding your desire. If you actually want Cygwin home > directories under c:\Documents and Settings, you can combine nsswitch.conf > settings with a custom mount point in fstab to avoid the need for spaces in > $HOME: > > C:/Documents\040and\040Settings /home ntfs binary 0 0 Good idea (a symlink would also do the job wouldn'it?) but i really don't need this. I don't like spaces in filenames either: they don't fit nicely in makefiles. Regards, Denis Excoffier. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
