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Re: Mysterious gdb behavior [SOLVED]


On 3 Aug 2002 at 5:25, Nicholas Wourms wrote:

> 1)mkdir -p /home/paul
> 2)nano /etc/passwd
> 3)locate your username and look for the 2nd tob last part with
> ':/path/to/your/windows/username/home/directory:'
> 4)change that to ':/home/paul:'
> 5)exit and save
> 6)use explorer to copy whatever you want from your old home dir to
> the new home dir.
> 7)exit all instances of cygwin and reopen.
> 8)you now have a home dir without spaces

THANK you.

Now why didn't someone post something like this three weeks ago?!



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