Installing an SSH server on Windows 2000 or Windows XP Cygwin is a collection of free software tools originally developed by Cygnus Solutions to allow various versions of Microsoft Windows to act somewhat like a UNIX system. It is a Linux-like environment for Windows that consists of two parts - a DLL (cygwin1.dll) which acts as a Linux API emulation layer providing substantial POSIX system call functionality and a collection of tools.

Dennis C wrote: > > I have installed the lastest Cygwin and I get the bash shell windows > installed ok. However from my home directory, when I did pwd, I see > that the home directory has been placed in /cygdrive/c/Documents and > Settings/peter > > Now when I am installing GCC for the ARM processor, the configure > script has problem because of the spaces in the home directory > pathname. > > Is there anyway to install cygwin to any other directory other than > under Documents and Settings? Around here it is on c: cygwin. It is launched in its own window with a pif file and a startup batch file, using 4dos as the basic shell and starting bash.

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'Churchill and Bush can both be considered wartime leaders, just as Secretariat and Mr Ed were both horses.' - James Rhodes. In comp.sys.arm Dennis C wrote: > I have installed the lastest Cygwin and I get the bash shell windows > installed ok. However from my home directory, when I did pwd, I see > that the home directory has been placed in /cygdrive/c/Documents and > Settings/peter > Is there anyway to install cygwin to any other directory other than >Evgenij livencov otkroveniya visshego kosmicheskogo razuma chitatj. under Documents and Settings?

It's just your home directory that is under 'My Documents', you can change that by editing /etc/passwd. See the /etc/profile script to see why your home directory was placed where it was. 'Dennis C' wrote in message news:65ee8e539.67304f85@posting.google.com. > I have installed the lastest Cygwin and I get the bash shell windows > installed ok. However from my home directory, when I did pwd, I see > that the home directory has been placed in /cygdrive/c/Documents and > Settings/peter > > Now when I am installing GCC for the ARM processor, the configure > script has problem because of the spaces in the home directory > pathname. > > Is there anyway to install cygwin to any other directory other than > under Documents and Settings?

> > Thanks It's only your 'home' directory that is at issue, not the cygwin directory (which will probably be at 'c: cygwin' unless you told it otherwise during installation. You are suffering from MS's mind-numbingly stupid directory naming scheme that, along with its partner 'Program Files', causes all sorts of irritations and complications. Fortunately, it is possible to get around (at least on W2K) - use the user manager, and go to the advanced settings. In the profile for your user, set the home folder to 'c: users dennis' or something similar. Other useful tricks (I can't remember which ones are needed, and which are generated automatically) are to set environment variables HOME to 'c: users dennis', HOMEDRIVE to 'c:', and HOMEPATH to ' users dennis'. And remember to make a directory called 'c: Progs' or similar, and install programs there instead of under 'program files' - it makes it much easier to run them from the command line. [Note: F'up2 cut down --- should have been done by OP.] In comp.arch.embedded Dennis C wrote: > I have installed the lastest Cygwin and I get the bash shell windows > installed ok.