On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 01:04:24PM +0000, Nellis, Kenneth wrote: >I have happily been using 32-bit Cygwin for years, developing >shell/perl scripts and C/C++ software. Some of the users that >I support have upgraded to 64-bit Cygwin, and so my 32-bit C/C++ >binaries no longer work for them. That has forced me to adopt >64-bit Cygwin, which I've installed on the same machine as my >32-bit Cygwin. I need to maintain both environments in parallel. > >Now, I want to share my Cygwin $HOME directory between the two >environments. I already keep my binaries in $HOME/bin/$(arch) >and $HOME/lib/$(arch), so they are covered. And, of course >/usr/bin has to continue to point to the separate Cygwin >environments. > >I didn't see what I was looking for in the FAQ or User Guide, >so am looking for advice from the list.
I think you're looking for this: https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#using-pathnames i.e., use /etc/fstab to mount your home directory to the same place in both environments. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple