Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > mcbenus wrote: >> Thanks! Is that ok to change the Windows Home? what implications it may have >> on other software? > > For Cygwin, you shouldn't set HOME in the Windows environment unless you > need Cygwin to see the same HOME as some other software (MKS is one > example I know of that likes to set HOME in the Windows environment). > As for the implications, it depends on the software you have installed > that relies on this environment variable (like MKS). Windows doesn't > use HOME. So unless you really need it, you're better off removing > it from you Windows environment.
I don't know that there's any particular reason to discourage setting HOME in the Windows environment - I've done it for years (since I started using Cygwin B19, I think). For me, it serves to indicate where "my stuff" is located, whether Cygwin related or not (c:\wbp). Besides Cygwin, it is used in my systems by (non-Cygwin) Emacs and MSYS. -- Will -- 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/
