win32 dia and HOME=/usr/bin/%USERPROFILE% fix

John Morrison john.r.morrison@ntlworld.com
Mon Jun 23 09:35:00 GMT 2003


> From: Soren A.
>
> this isn't a BUG in Cygwin, this is a FEATURE. I personally *want*
> Cygwin to honor my setting of $HOME (%HOME%) because I keep my user dir
> files outside the Cygwin fs hierarchy (makes my life easier if I decide a
> total wipe-and-reinstall of my Cygwin installation is necessary). Also, I
> may want some other, non-Cygwin software to be able to use a HOME
> dir that Cygwin knows about too.

Agreed, although I still keep my home directory as /home/john and mount
it outside of my Cygwin installation.  Keeps everyone happy :)

J.


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