Setting $HOME for Windows

[Dave Korn]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Chris Herborth
> Sent: 23 December 2004 18:27

> George wrote:
> > I remember reading some time ago a vague admonition against manually
> > setting $HOME as a Windows environment variable.  
> 
> I set mine to something sensible (usually d:\home or d:\home\userid) 
> before installing Cygwin; I've never had any trouble.  
> Perhaps the issue is with the spaces in the default $USERPROFILE?


  The issue is that on a Unix system, you set your home dir by editing
/etc/passwd.  Leave the windoze environment alone.


    cheers, 
      DaveK
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