bash incorrectly determines HOME and HOMEDRIVE

[Ken Thompson]

> -----Original Message-----
>  Larry Hall
> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 5:04 PM
>
>> Subject: Re: bash incorrectly determines HOME and HOMEDRIVE
>
>
> Larry Hall WroteK
>
> HOMEDRIVE is set by Windows.  You don't have to set it.  And bash wouldn't
> know HOMEDRIVE from a hole in the wall. ;-)
>
That is what I thought but I can definitely reproduce this behaviour on XP.
I set HOMEDRIVE in H: in windows and then run bash and its reset to C:.
Definitely strange. Not that I really care since I don't use it for
anything.  BTW, It is possible to change it in the ".bashrc" file

>


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