| |> cp -a /etc/skel/. $HOME | Hi!
Just a quick thought, any special reason HOME doesn't contain a "legal" path, escaped, as it probably (?) should be on a real unix system? (Escaped = /home/Alan\ Miles/ instead of /home/Alan Miles/) What happens if you add the escape-character to /etc/passwd ? /Andy -- The eye of the beholder rests on the beauty! -- 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/