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RE: ssh config

> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-xfree-
> owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Larry Hall (Cygwin X)
> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 3:10 PM


> On 8/18/2009 1:46 PM, Mike Ayers wrote:
> >
> > Well that was it, thanks, but why is ssh looking there?  I thought it
> > (and all other apps) used HOME on cygwin?
> 
> Nope.  But if you think about it, if $HOME doesn't equal ~ for Cygwin,
> something has gone awry.  Given that as context, it really wouldn't matter
> whether '/etc/passwd' or $HOME was the source.

	So it gets ~ from /etc/passwd?  Ah - didn't know that.  I'll check it in the future.  I do think of cygwin as a Windows environment more than Unix, so some of these things get by me.  In years past, I would just set HOME and all was well.


	Thanks,

Mike
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