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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Cygwin 2.2.0-1
- From: cyg Simple <cygsimple at gmail dot com>
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- Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 11:16:43 -0400
- Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Cygwin 2.2.0-1
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On 8/5/2015 3:54 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>
> So the idea was:
>
> set HOME=foo <- ignored, set HOME from passwd DB entry
I agree.
> set HOME=C:/foo <- same
I strongly disagree. In fact I set HOME in the Windows environment
expecting Cygwin to map it correctly so that I can have a common HOME
for multiple installations of Cygwin. It also allows me to to use
%HOME% in Windows scripts.
> set HOME=//foo/bar <- same
I agree.
> set HOME=/foo/bar <- valid, taken
I slightly disagree. It boggles Windows scripts that could make use of
the variable and would only work for scripts where the working directory
device contains /foo/bar.
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