Re: cd'ing to /

2003-01-30 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Virginia Mann wrote: > I don't know whether this is a cygwin question or just a pure unix question. > I don't know as much as I should about either one yet. > > My "/" is mounted at C:\cygwin, which is sensible. The FAQ warns us that > making / point at C:\ is a bad idea. > >

Re: cd'ing to /

2003-01-30 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* Virginia Mann (03-01-30 05:36 +0100) > My "/" is mounted at C:\cygwin, which is sensible. The FAQ warns us that > making / point at C:\ is a bad idea. */Installing/* Cygwin to C:\ is bad. > [massive snip] > How do I change my home to the Cygwin root? You don't want that. /etc/profile creates

Re: cd'ing to /

2003-01-29 Thread Carlo Florendo
Virginia Mann wrote: I don't know whether this is a cygwin question or just a pure unix question. I don't know as much as I should about either one yet. My "/" is mounted at C:\cygwin, which is sensible. The FAQ warns us that making / point at C:\ is a bad idea. Unfortunately, when I type "