What I do is to always use the "short name" version of the directories in $HOME and $PATH. It's a little bit of a pain because some programs put the long name in the path when they install, so every time I update iTunes (for example) I have to fix the path.
The short names are still available on Windows 2000 and XP (Vista?). --Jeff > -----Original Message----- > From: Cygwin On Behalf > Of Eric Backus > Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 1:04 PM > To: > Subject: Re: redefining $HOME > > Gustavo Seabra <gustavo.seabra <at> gmail.com> writes: > > > Hi all, > > > > I was wondering if it is possible to use the windows folder "My > > Documents" or even "C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME" (or some dir > > inside those) as the hoe directory in Cygwin. I though about > > substituting the user directory inside /home by a symlink to one of the > > above. Is there any reason that wouldn't work? Is there a better way to > > do it? > > > > The reason I am thinking about it is just practical: I want to have all > > my files (Windows or Cygwin) under one root. > > > > Thanks a lot > > > > Gustavo. > > Yes, you can do this. I've done this for years by > putting "/cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/ericjb/My Documents" > into /etc/passwd. This works well, though every once in awhile you might > find > a shell script which doesn't correctly handle spaces in paths. (Such a > script > is broken, and should be fixed.) I can't even remember the last time I > ran > into that though, most scripts don't use $HOME. > > -- > Eric > > > > -- -- 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/