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Re: Cygwin home dir=/cygwin/c (not /home/<userid>)


a12 wrote:

Pierre,

'echo %HOME%' yields 'C:\'

Modifying /etc/profile:
# Set up USER's home directory
# 020102 magr40 force to use /home/$USER
#if [ -z "$HOME" ]; then
HOME="/home/$USER"
#fi
solves my problem, but is it the correct way to do it ?

My solution is the following:

HOME=`grep ^$USER: /etc/passwd | cut -f6 -d:`
SHELL=`grep ^$USER: /etc/passwd | cut -f7 -d:`

# Set up USER's home directory
if [ -z "$HOME" ]; then
 echo "WARNING: HOME not set! Defaulting to /home/$USER."
 HOME="/home/$USER"
fi

if [ ! -d "$HOME" ]; then
 echo "WARNING: HOME directory did not exist! Logging in with HOME = /tmp"
 HOME="/tmp"
fi

This sets HOME and SHELL as per /etc/passwd, which, IMHO, is better.




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