Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > > Adam Thompson wrote: >> 2008/6/6 Adam Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> 2008/6/6 anadem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>>> Is there any way to permanently unset the HOME env-var in Windows? I >>>> could >>>> run a batch file at startup but afaik that would not be a systemwide >>>> removal >>>> of HOME. >>>> >>> I do not think this is a Windows issue. >>> > > Generally speaking, you're right that Windows doesn't set HOME but > rather HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH. If HOME is getting set in the Windows > environment, something else that's installed is setting it and Cygwin > is just going along with it because it's set in the environment. If > it is not possible to figure out what is setting HOME for Windows, you > can unset it in cygwin.bat, or whatever mechanism Cygwin is started > with, as you noted. But it would be better to find the source and > squash it. And although you pointed at the right FAQ entry describing > the hierarchy of rules used for setting HOME within Cygwin's environment, > your interpretation is a bit off. As the FAQ states, HOME is determined > by one of the following in order of decreasing priority: > > 1. HOME from the Windows environment, translated to POSIX form. > 2. The entry in /etc/passwd > 3. HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH from the Windows environment > 4. / > > Once one of these rules is fulfilled, the remainder are skipped. So > if HOME is set in the Windows environment, Cygwin will use that (converted > to POSIX form). If it's not and there's an '/etc/passwd' file with an > entry > for the current user, the home path specified there will be used. > Otherwise, > HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH will be used to define HOME in CYGWIN (again, > converted to POSIX form). And, if for some reason none of these other > rules fire, HOME is set to '/'. > > It is highly recommended that one let rule #2 fire, since '/etc/passwd' is > the source of the home path used by Cygwin's telnet, ssh, etc. > Consistency > between these utilities and your default Cygwin shell/environment is > very likely to eliminate future brain strains. ;-) >
Ah, yes, thanks all, it's possibly MKS Toolset. Now if only I can figure out HOW it's doing it. There's no autoexec and nothing in Startup. Maybe I'll just adjust cygwin.bat (plus warn co-workers to unset $HOME before installing cygwin, and give my strained brain a warm bath.) -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/how-can-I-stop-Windows-setting-HOME--tp17682731p17697476.html Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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/
