* echo $HOME returns /cygdrive/c/documents and setting/mrane
@ 2004-05-05 22:41 Montana Rane
2004-05-06 1:18 ` Larry Hall
2004-05-06 10:02 ` Reini Urban
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From: Montana Rane @ 2004-05-05 22:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
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
2004-05-05 22:41 echo $HOME returns /cygdrive/c/documents and setting/mrane Montana Rane
@ 2004-05-06 1:18 ` Larry Hall
2004-05-06 10:02 ` Reini Urban
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From: Larry Hall @ 2004-05-06 1:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Montana Rane, cygwin
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:
>Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html
Based on a full description of your problem and the proper base-line
information, someone here can attempt to help.
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* Re: echo $HOME returns /cygdrive/c/documents and setting/mrane
2004-05-05 22:41 echo $HOME returns /cygdrive/c/documents and setting/mrane Montana Rane
2004-05-06 1:18 ` Larry Hall
@ 2004-05-06 10:02 ` Reini Urban
2004-05-06 13:27 ` Igor Pechtchanski
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From: Reini Urban @ 2004-05-06 10:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
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
2004-05-06 10:02 ` Reini Urban
@ 2004-05-06 13:27 ` Igor Pechtchanski
2004-05-06 17:47 ` Reini Urban
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From: Igor Pechtchanski @ 2004-05-06 13:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Reini Urban; +Cc: cygwin
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...
Igor
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* Re: echo $HOME returns /cygdrive/c/documents and setting/mrane
2004-05-06 13:27 ` Igor Pechtchanski
@ 2004-05-06 17:47 ` Reini Urban
2004-05-06 20:19 ` Hannu E K Nevalainen
2004-05-07 17:10 ` Christopher Faylor
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From: Reini Urban @ 2004-05-06 17:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
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
2004-05-06 17:47 ` Reini Urban
@ 2004-05-06 20:19 ` Hannu E K Nevalainen
2004-05-07 17:10 ` Christopher Faylor
1 sibling, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Hannu E K Nevalainen @ 2004-05-06 20:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ML CygWIN
> 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...
/Hannu E K Nevalainen, B.Sc. EE - 59+16.37'N, 17+12.60'E
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* Re: echo $HOME returns /cygdrive/c/documents and setting/mrane
2004-05-06 17:47 ` Reini Urban
2004-05-06 20:19 ` Hannu E K Nevalainen
@ 2004-05-07 17:10 ` Christopher Faylor
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From: Christopher Faylor @ 2004-05-07 17:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
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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