Patch to /etc/profile to deal with $HOME with a space

Wed Dec 1 12:26:00 GMT 2004

> Hi John,
>> John Morrison wrote on Wednesday, December 01, 2004 12:32 PM:
>>> mkpasswd.exe -l -c | sed 's/cygdrive\/.*Documents and Settings/home/'
>>> > /etc/passwd
>>>>>> This is nonsense. "Documents and Settings" is localized.
>>>> Humm, not nonsense (it works for English), maybe not
>> correct... (is this retrievable for replacement?)
>> May also not work for English, "cygdrive" is just a default value and is
> settable. In case of my system:
>> $ mount -p
> Prefix Type Flags
> /mnt system binmode
>> You may *assume* it is called "cygdrive" for a new installation, but if
> there are registry entries left from an old one ...
>>> Anyway, the idea (if not the impl) stands, when a network
>> user installs cygwin HOME is set to doc & settings. When a
>> local user installs HOME is set to /home/user. So, should
>> network user functionality be changed? (assuming it's
>> possible to get the localisation)
>> $ cygpath -H
>> Personally I use a mount for home:
>> $ mount
> ...
> C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen on /home type system (binmode)
> ...
>> But this is *my* preference only (and applies not for Win95, Win 98, Win
> NT etc. anyway). Additionally in the pattern /home/user may not apply for
> newer Win OSses also, since the user's profile directory may not have the
> name of the user and unfortunately this information cannot be retrieved
> from cygpath, you may read directly from the registry.

Humm, OK - scratch that idea :)
J.
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