Hello Larry On 22.09.08, you wrote:
>> >> So i think its illegal to change the homedir on the bat file ? > > No, it's not. I don't have an explanation for the behavior you're > seeing. > > Your solution will work, though it has the disadvantage of setting > HOME for all Cygwin users and it won't work for 'ssh', if you ever > decide to use that. An alternative that should do the same thing > and avoid the problems I mentioned above is to use the '-p' flag > to 'mkpasswd'. If you're concerned that you'll forget to add the I add now the set HOME line in cygwin.bat again and remove export HOME line in etc/profile when i choose -p /cygdrive/e/amiga/amidevcpp/ then the dirs in passwd files are /cygdrive/e/amiga/amidevcpp/administrator /cygdrive/e/amiga/amidevcpp/bernd /cygdrive/e/amiga/amidevcpp/aspnet /cygdrive/e/amiga/amidevcpp/gast /cygdrive/e/amiga/amidevcpp/hilfeassistent i create all dirs by hand and do mkpasswd -l -p /cygdrive/e/amiga/amidevcpp/ again. I start a new bash and problem is same slow.homedir is in /cygdrive/e/amiga/amidevcpp then i remove the set HOME line in cygwin.bat again.start is fast now there come a errror about group, passwd and some files are copy. i am not sure what i exactly do, wy it work after the error, but now the homepath is in e/amiga/amidevcpp/bernd dir and start fast. also i can now add the set HOME=e/amiga/amidevcpp/bernd line in cygwin.bat and it work fast But when i now change the set HOME line in cygwin.bat to another dir, then it work slow. So on my system, it is impossible to change the HOME path in cygwin.bat.if you have a winxp with SP3 maybe you can try out what happen on your system.maybe it is not good to change windows HOME, maybe the WLAN driver use HOME. i have a devolo wlan USB stick or maybe add to FAQ in slowdown entry, that there can be problems that on some system set HOME in cygwin.bat cause slowdown. also that problems can occur if the windows home dir have . in name and passwd should create with mkpasswd -l -p /cygdrive/drive...... i also dont be sure if the installer always create on install new correct passwd file and seetings. i delete my passwd file 1 try before i change the local package path to same as home path(i choose in installer), but the passwd file is not recreate. maybe a option in installer(by default not active) recreate allways all setting/passwd files is usefull ? but anyway i have now a good and stable working cygwin. > flag and its option text if you run 'mkpasswd' again, you can always > create a mkpasswd alias that includes what you want/need. > Regards -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
