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Some more clues:
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".
3. Neither does Bash:
dpchrist@w2k30g ~
$ ls /usr
doc etc include info local man sbin share src ssl tmp
var
4. There is a folder named "%USERPROFILE%" under "C:\cygwin\bin", and
it contains the file ".bash_history".
5. I can cd into /bin and into /usr/bin, and end up in the same place.
I think Cygwin is cheating -- e.g. there is a hidden link from /usr/bin
to /bin (?).
Regarding Bash not starting up in my home directory, a quick and dirty
work-around is to create a file ".bash_profile" under
"C:\cygwin\bin\%USERPROFILE%" with contents as follows:
export HOME=/home/$USER
cd $HOME
. .bash_profile
Lighting off the desktop shortcut now takes me to my home directory.
I would still prefer that Cygwin Bash work correctly from a clean
install.
HTH,
David Christensen
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