cd'ing to /

Thu Jan 30 13:13:00 GMT 2003

Virginia Mann wrote:
> I don't know whether this is a cygwin question or just a pure unix 
> question. I don't know as much as I should about either one yet.
>> My "/" is mounted at C:\cygwin, which is sensible. The FAQ warns us 
> that making / point at C:\ is a bad idea.
>> Unfortunately, when I type "cd" with no modifiers or "cd ~", it takes 
> me to /cygdrive/c, which is C:\. So, my home for some reason is the 
> root of the whole C: drive, which seems just as error prone to me as 
> if "/" were there.
>> I've installed Cygwin on two machines, and the first one made / 
> (=C:\cygwin) my home directory. I don't know why this one gave me a 
> different home (I thought I just accepted the defaults in both 
> installations, but I may have been distracted and made a mistake), but 
> I'd like to change it.
>> How do I change my home to the Cygwin root?
>> Thanks.
>>Open your /etc/profile and set HOME ="/home/$USER" or any other 
directory you want.
Regards,
Carlo
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