ssh wants to use /.ssh and not ~/.ssh?

[Garrison, Jim (ETW)]

New install of Cygwin on Win7X64, ssh client is insisting on putting its files in /.ssh instead of ~/.ssh

$HOME is correctly set, and "echo ~" displays the correct home directory.  

Where else should I be looking for a variable or setting that would be causing this?

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