From:	GMurray AT cware DOT co DOT uk (Graham Murray)
Subject:	RE: BASH history
27 Nov 1998 09:52:13 -0800 :
Message-ID:	<A10998A87C42D21192CF00805F657429010787.cygnus.gnu-win32@votec>
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To:	gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com, "'mvoss AT kuttig DOT com'" <mvoss AT kuttig DOT com>

	>Here's my Question:
>  > I found the following file in my root: ".bash_history".
>   >It does not at all belong there! (I've got a bad
> obsessive-compulsive
	>disorder about keeping my system tidy %-}...)
	>
>   >How can I prevent BASH from creating this file in my root directory
	>(C:\)?

	bash will put the file .bash_history into the user's Home
directory. It is putting it in the root because you do not have a home
directory set up. The solution is to define the enviroment variable HOME
before starting bash. The this file (and others) will be placed in the
correct place.
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