Cygwin User/home folder non existant

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I'm a novice at cygwin/linux administration so please be patient with my ignorance:

I'm trying to change my .bashrc profile and setup (.gitconfig ) I can't seem to find my home folder.

My hypothesis is that i don't have my home folder because i've remapped my dos $HOME path. Could this be the trick?

Anyways how would one rebuild the home folder ? Uninstall and reinstall cygwin? (i'd like to avoid this if possible).

Thanks a plethora in advance,

Chris

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 07 '10 at 23:51

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If you open up a cygwin shell instead of a cmd shell you should start out in your home directory. cygpath and pwd should be able to help you figure out where you are.

answered Sep 07 '10 at 23:51

pjz

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 09 '10 at 11:44

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Yes, if $HOME is set when Cygwin is invoked, Cygwin will use that as your home directory. Otherwise it reads the location of your home directory from /etc/passwd.

answered Sep 09 '10 at 11:44

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Could i change the .bat file of the cygwin to avoid this? if so how would i do it? – chrisjlee Sep 09 '10 at 12:42
Yes, add `set HOME=` to cygwin.bat to unset that variable. – ak2 Sep 19 '10 at 10:23

Cygwin User/home folder non existant

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