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$HOME Directory Relocation
- From: "Markus Hoenicka" <Markus dot Hoenicka at uth dot tmc dot edu>
- To: "Laurence F. Wood" <LaurenceWood at SunyataSystems dot Com>,cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 21:17:15 +0000
- Subject: $HOME Directory Relocation
- References: <EIEOJCAKMFMIKEMJNANGIEGJCEAA.LaurenceWood@SunyataSystems.Com>
Look at /etc/profile. This uses $HOME if it is set under Windows,
otherwise it uses /home/$USER. You can certainly tweak this to your
needs.
A simpler option may be to mount your new disk on /home, then you
don't have to fiddle with $HOME.
regards,
Markus
Laurence F. Wood writes:
> Hello,
>
> I needed to relocate the $HOME directory to another disk volume. Under
> linux the login process sets this. Who/what sets $HOME under cygwin?
>
>
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