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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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