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From: Adam Dinwoodie <Adam.Dinwoodie@metaswitch.com>
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Subject: RE: How do I change the default home directory after I fire up cygwin?
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Yves wrote:
> Ok, so I changed HOME in Environment variables to C:\cygwin\home\<user na=
me>
> and when I do pwd, this is what happens:
> /cygdrive/c/cygwin/home/<user name>
>=20
> Ok... it's not /home/<user name>, but it's progress :) .

Delete the HOME environment variable entirely.  That way Cygwin will use wh=
at's
set in /etc/passwd, ie /home/user.

--=20
Adam Dinwoodie

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