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RE: change opening path
- From: "Tom Plane" <tomplane at sbcglobal dot net>
- To: "'Cygwin List'" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 13:50:05 -0700
- Subject: RE: change opening path
Thanks out to everyone!
First, I needed to install an editor.
Second, then I edited the home path in /etc/passwd.
All is good.
Thanks,
Tom
-----Original Message-----
From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf
Of Larry Hall
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 11:00 AM
To: Tom Plane; cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: change opening path
At 12:41 PM 9/1/2004, you wrote:
>When I open the shell and check the path (pwd) it's reply is
>/cygdrive/h. The H drive is my home drive at work. To get to the C
>drive
>(cygdrive/c) I have to cd.
>How do I change the opening path from H to C permanently?
Set your home path in '/etc/passwd' to the directory you want. Edit the
file directly or just use 'mkpasswd -p'.
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