echo $HOME returns /cygdrive/c/documents and setting/mrane

echo $HOME returns /cygdrive/c/documents and setting/mrane

[Montana Rane]

for the administrative user, under which cygwin was installed, echo $HOME 
returns /home/Administrator.

I need to set up cygwin so it does not preface the path with /cygdrive/c as 
this breaks our existing scripts.


Thanks,


Montana Rane


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Re: echo $HOME returns /cygdrive/c/documents and setting/mrane

[Larry Hall]

At 06:33 PM 5/5/2004, you wrote:
>for the administrative user, under which cygwin was installed, echo $HOME 
>returns /home/Administrator.
>
>I need to set up cygwin so it does not preface the path with /cygdrive/c as 
>this breaks our existing scripts.


OK, let's start here:

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Re: echo $HOME returns /cygdrive/c/documents and setting/mrane

[Reini Urban]

Montana Rane schrieb:
> for the administrative user, under which cygwin was installed, echo $HOME 
> returns /home/Administrator.

This is not your problem. Please describe the problem in the message 
body and not only in the subject.

> I need to set up cygwin so it does not preface the path with /cygdrive/c as 
> this breaks our existing scripts.

You scripts most likely don't brake because of the /cygdrive/c/ prefix, 
they break because of the space in the pathname.

Solution:
Link it under your cygwin tree and fix the appropriate passwd entries.

untested script to get the idea:
mkdir /home
for h in /cygdrive/c/documents\ and\ setting/*; do
   ln -s /cygdrive/c/documents\ and\ setting/$h /home/
done
perl -pi.bak -e's|/cygdrive/c/documents and setting/|/home/|' \
      /etc/passwd

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Re: echo $HOME returns /cygdrive/c/documents and setting/mrane

[Igor Pechtchanski]

On Thu, 6 May 2004, Reini Urban wrote:

> Montana Rane schrieb:
> > for the administrative user, under which cygwin was installed, echo $HOME
> > returns /home/Administrator.
>
> This is not your problem. Please describe the problem in the message
> body and not only in the subject.
>
> > I need to set up cygwin so it does not preface the path with /cygdrive/c as
> > this breaks our existing scripts.
>
> You scripts most likely don't brake because of the /cygdrive/c/ prefix,
> they break because of the space in the pathname.
>
> Solution:
> Link it under your cygwin tree and fix the appropriate passwd entries.
>
> untested script to get the idea:
> mkdir /home
> for h in /cygdrive/c/documents\ and\ setting/*; do
>    ln -s /cygdrive/c/documents\ and\ setting/$h /home/
                                               ^^
Missing quotes here.  Should be "$h".

> done
> perl -pi.bak -e's|/cygdrive/c/documents and setting/|/home/|' \
>       /etc/passwd

Or 'mount -s c:/Documents\ and\ Settings/ /home', if you don't mind
putting up with '/home/All Users', etc...
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Re: echo $HOME returns /cygdrive/c/documents and setting/mrane

[Reini Urban]

Igor Pechtchanski schrieb:
> On Thu, 6 May 2004, Reini Urban wrote:
>>Montana Rane schrieb:
>>>for the administrative user, under which cygwin was installed, echo $HOME
>>>returns /home/Administrator.
>>
>>This is not your problem. Please describe the problem in the message
>>body and not only in the subject.
>>
>>
>>>I need to set up cygwin so it does not preface the path with /cygdrive/c as
>>>this breaks our existing scripts.
>>
>>You scripts most likely don't brake because of the /cygdrive/c/ prefix,
>>they break because of the space in the pathname.
>>
>>Solution:
>>Link it under your cygwin tree and fix the appropriate passwd entries.
>>
>>untested script to get the idea:
>>mkdir /home
>>for h in /cygdrive/c/documents\ and\ setting/*; do
>>   ln -s /cygdrive/c/documents\ and\ setting/$h /home/
> 
>                                                ^^
> Missing quotes here.  Should be "$h".
> 
> 
>>done
>>perl -pi.bak -e's|/cygdrive/c/documents and setting/|/home/|' \
>>      /etc/passwd
> 
> 
> Or 'mount -s c:/Documents\ and\ Settings/ /home', if you don't mind
> putting up with '/home/All Users', etc...

Sure, mount is the method which is used more often.
And it is faster and easier.
But it is not as transparent to the poor end-user as the symlinks.
He will not see /home when doing "ls /"

And with
HOME = C:/Dokumente\ und\ Einstellungen/Someuser/Eigene\ Dateien
it's much easier to administrate with symlinks also.
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RE: echo $HOME returns /cygdrive/c/documents and setting/mrane

[Hannu E K Nevalainen]

> From: Reini Urban
> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 7:41 PM

> Igor Pechtchanski schrieb:

> > Or 'mount -s c:/Documents\ and\ Settings/ /home', if you don't mind
> > putting up with '/home/All Users', etc...
>
> Sure, mount is the method which is used more often.
> And it is faster and easier.
> But it is not as transparent to the poor end-user as the symlinks.
> He will not see /home when doing "ls /"

YET another POV (YAPOV!); To be "safe" (THIS IS UNTESTED! BEWARE ;-)
with one little difference...

 $ cd /home
 $ tar --create --remove-files - * | \
   tar --directory="$(cygpath -u -H)" --extract -
 $ mount "$(cygpath -w -H)" /home

i.e. what I've attempted to describe here is, line by line:
 1 - work from any existing "/home" (assumes "/home/" exists!)
 2 - move any files to the new position
 3 - reposition /home

NOTE for the diff: leave /home/ as an empty directory, thus it WILL show up
with "ls" and in name completions (will work for anything *in* /home too)
and whatever you try...


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Re: echo $HOME returns /cygdrive/c/documents and setting/mrane

[Christopher Faylor]

On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 07:40:56PM +0200, Reini Urban wrote:
>Sure, mount is the method which is used more often.
>And it is faster and easier.
>But it is not as transparent to the poor end-user as the symlinks.
>He will not see /home when doing "ls /"

  mkdir /home
  mount -b "C:/Documents and Settings" /home

Either that or:

  mkdir /cygdrive/c/cygwin/home

if you have already executed the mount.

Then "ls /" shows the home directory.

This is, IMO, closer to the UNIX way of doing things than using a
symlink.

cgf

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