aliko wrote: [snip] > Thanks a lot for your answer. I've done all fings you suggested. But it > seems it's a CPAN relative question because it still creates its > dirrectory ".cpan" in the "Documents and Settings\ali" folder. I've just > asked my question in the list devoted to cpan programm and waiting for > answer. But if you can be of help any more, here is the environment > variables, maybe I'm doing something wrong... [snip]
The first time you ran cpan you had to do a configuration run which stored the old HOME as part of the path where cpan keeps information, builds, and downloaded packages. To repeat that configuration enter cpan as a shell and then use "o conf init". -- René Berber -- 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/