On Mon, May 12, 2003 at 04:30:53PM +0200, Sylvain.Ferriol@imag.fr wrote: >OK but do you know how to get the username because in the cygwin terminal >echo $USER or echo $USERNAME works >but i 'm using a file install.bat which calls 'bash.exe instal.sh' >and in install.sh: >>echo $USER....nothing >echo $USERNAME....nothing >>any suggestions??? 1) calm down. 2) "id -un" provides the login name. You could do something like: USER="`id -un`" in your script cgf -- Please use the resources at cygwin.com rather than sending personal email. Special for spam email harvesters: send email to aaaspam@sourceware.org and be permanently blocked from mailing lists at sources.redhat.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/