At 03:02 PM 11/18/2001, Garrett Anderson wrote: >[ apologies if this has already been discussed ]
No apologies necessary. Just check the email archives for the answer. It was discussed within the last week. Searching for "HOME" and "bash" should get you a pointer to the pertinent discussions quickly enough. >Hello -- > >Up until recent cygwin update, the " virtual root" for cygwin environment was under >"/cygdrive/c/cygwin/". Thus, the cygwin environment read the >"/cygwin/c/cygwin/etc/passwd" file for shell and $HOME. > >After recent update: the "root" has changed to "/cygdrive/c" > >Why did this happen and how do I change this to previous?? I have gratuitous shell >script / apps / etc. that depend on previous "virtual root". I assume this can now >be set via some init. parameter (in bash??). > >Please advise -- and why the change?? Thanks -GA > > >-- >Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple >Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html >Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html >FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
