> From: Soren A. > > this isn't a BUG in Cygwin, this is a FEATURE. I personally *want* > Cygwin to honor my setting of $HOME (%HOME%) because I keep my user dir > files outside the Cygwin fs hierarchy (makes my life easier if I decide a > total wipe-and-reinstall of my Cygwin installation is necessary). Also, I > may want some other, non-Cygwin software to be able to use a HOME > dir that Cygwin knows about too.
Agreed, although I still keep my home directory as /home/john and mount it outside of my Cygwin installation. Keeps everyone happy :) J. -- 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/