> 1. Cygwin Bash reports the present working directory as: > > dpchrist@w2k30g ~ > $ pwd > /usr/bin/%USERPROFILE% > > 2. Yet Windows Explorer does not show any folder named "bin", much less > "bin\%USERPROFILE%" under "C:\cygwin\usr".
The usr/bin or usr\bin folder is normally created when you first install (via setup) and is a cross-mount to /bin in cygwin as is /lib and /usr/lib . > > 3. Neither does Bash: > > dpchrist@w2k30g ~ > $ ls /usr > doc etc include info local man sbin share src ssl tmp var Now the fact that you don't have a lib dir too is puzzling :/ It's not really a problem as such all you need to do is create a bin and lib dir in /usr (c:\cygwin\usr). > > 4. There is a folder named "%USERPROFILE%" under "C:\cygwin\bin", and > it contains the file ".bash_history". > > 5. I can cd into /bin and into /usr/bin, and end up in the same place. > > I think Cygwin is cheating -- e.g. there is a hidden link from /usr/bin > to /bin (?). What there is, is two physical dirs c:\cygwin\bin and c:\cygwin\usr\bin . One of these (c:\cygwin\bin) contains all of your programs, dlls and such with the other (c:\cygwin\usr\bin) being empty. This is because /usr/bin (c:\cygwin\usr\bin) is mounted as c:\cygwin\bin (/bin). I've been all round the house's with this so hope I haven't made you loose the plot with this one ;-) > Regarding Bash not starting up in my home directory, a quick and dirty > work-around is to create a file ".bash_profile" under > "C:\cygwin\bin\%USERPROFILE%" with contents as follows: > > export HOME=/home/$USER > > cd $HOME > . .bash_profile An even quicker and dirtier trick would be to edit your /etc/profile to exclusively set up the HOME environment variable. That way it's going to be set and you'll find yourself in your home directory when you start bash. > > I would still prefer that Cygwin Bash work correctly from a clean > install. It does for some :-) Regards, Elfyn McBratney [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.exposure.org.uk -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/