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Re: How can I specify home directory.
- From: Thorsten Kampe <thorsten at thorstenkampe dot de>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 15:08:09 +0100
- Subject: Re: How can I specify home directory.
- References: <1103705990.41c937868423c@imp2-q.free.fr>
* niac78@free.fr (2004-12-22 09:59 +0100)
> I have a different Cygwin home directory than the common C:\Documents and
> Settings\username. It was no problem to specify the "set HOME=C:\myHome" in the
> cygwin.bat.
>
> The problem comes when a postinstall script tries to modify files in the home
> directory. setup.exe understands $HOME or ~ as "C:\Documents and
> Settings\username". Is there a way to specify the new home directory to
> setup.exe?
RTFFAQ
> Thanks for your help.
My pleasure.
Thorsten
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