I should mention that various packages might try to write to your home directory to store settings or data. I see that bash writes to ~/.bash_history.
--David On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 10:40 AM, David Grayson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, Simon. > > It is intended that you can have different MSYS2 installations in > different folders and that when you install an MSYS2 package, it will > only modify the files in the corresponding MSYS2 folder. You can > access the rest of your machine using special directories like "/c" > and "/e", and you can often access them using native Windows paths > too. Also note that your home directory might be in "/c/Users". You > can run "cd && pwd" to see where it is. Bash will look for its > configuration files (like .bash_profile) in your home directory. > MSYS2 packages are generally compiled using code paths that do not > access the Windows registry, and instead use configuration files like > a Unix program would. However, note that individual packages might > not follow these rules if we haven't checked their code carefully > enough. > > --David > > On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 10:29 AM, Simon Eigeldinger > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I am a new msys2 user coming over from cygwin. >> I have just a short question. >> I have a ssd in my 64 bit win 10 machine and a big normal hd. >> i have installed msys2 64 bit to the normal hd. >> so msys2 i guess is like cygwin leaving alone my c drive? >> so it just touches its dir (e:\msys64) and nothing else? >> >> greetings, >> simon >> >> >> --- >> Diese E-Mail wurde von Avast Antivirus-Software auf Viren geprüft. >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance >> APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month >> Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now >> Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! >> http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/4140 >> _______________________________________________ >> Msys2-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/msys2-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Msys2-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/msys2-users
